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HMCS LCI(L)-260
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 HM LCI(L)-260 (1942 - 1943)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom, 28 December 1942, commissioned HM LCI(L)-260
  • Temporary custody to Canada, commissioned HMCS LCI(L)-260, 23 March 1943, LT. Grant A. Tripp RCNVR (Act.)(Temp.) in command
  • During World War II HM LCI(L)-260 and HMCS LCI(L)-260 served in the Europe- Africa-Middle East Theater, HMCS LCI(L)-260 participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, July-August 1943 Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Decommissioned by the Canadian Navy and returned to Royal Navy custody, date unknown
  • Returned to US Navy custody, 10 December 1946
  • Leased to France in 1948 and designated (L9048)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 3 officer, 21 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
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    HMCS LCI(L)-260
    LCI(L)-260 1241k HMCS LCI(L)-260 beached in Sicily while disembarking Canadian troops, July 1943.
    NARA photo # NA-4115    		 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
    HM LCI(L)-260
    LCI(L)-260 104k HMS LCI(L)-260 docked in Albania while loading ELAS prisoners, December 1944. John Bettle
    The history for LCI(L)-260 was extracted from
    The RCN's Part in the Invasion of France    , a Royal Canadian Navy History document.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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