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USS LCI(L)-216


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Sierra - Sierra
 NBSS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-216 was transferred to the United Kingdom and later to France
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in 1942 at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched in 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-216, 7 November 1942, LT. J.D. Parker Jr., in command
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-216 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    North African occupation
    Tunisian operations, 27 March to 9 July 1943     		West Cost of Italy operations-1944
    Anzio Nettuno advanced landings, 22, 24, and 29 January 1944
    Sicilian occupation, 9 July to 15 July, 28 July to 17 August 1943 Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Decommissioned, leased to the United Kingdom and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-216, 1 November 1944
  • USS LCI(L)-216 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Returned to US Naval custody in January 1948
  • Leased to France, 26 January 1948
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the State Department for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold, 21 March 1949, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5½"
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft
    Light, 3'1½" mean
    Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft
    Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft
    Speed
    16 kts (max.)
    14 kts maximum continuous
    Complement
    4 officers
    24 enlisted
    Troop Capacity
    6 officers
    182 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 75 tons
    Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house
    Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
    Armament
    five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse
    on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    By
    LCI(L)-216 483k USS LCI(L)-216 at New Haven, England, date unknown. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    The history for LCI(L)-216 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Official Report of the - Mining of LCI(L)-237
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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