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USS LCI(L)-285
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 HMCS LCI(L)-285 (1943 - 1944)
 HM LCI(L)-285 (1943)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Foxtrot - Papa
 NJFP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-285 transferred to the Royal Navy and later to the Canadian Navy before return to US Naval custody
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Barber, N.J.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Leased to the United Kingdom, 13 March 1943
  • Temporarily loaned to Canada, commissioned HMCS LCI(L)-285, 4 December 1943, LT. Helier S. Square RCNVR (Temp.) in command
  • During World War II HMCS LCI(L)-285 served in the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater and participated in the:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Decommissioned by the Canadian Navy, 13 September 1944, and returned to US Naval custody for commissioning as USS LCI(L)-285 the same date
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold, 13 February 1948, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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 2 Officers, 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, two .50cal 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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    LCI(L)-277 1497k HM LCI(L)-285 and HM LCI(L)-8 moored together, circa 1944-45, location 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)-285 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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