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HMCS LCI(L)-299
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 HM LCI(L)-299 (1943 - 1944)


LCI(L)-299 was transferred to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-lease program and later to France
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in 1942 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom, 25 January 1943, commissioned HM LCI(L)-299
  • Temporary custody to Canada, commissioned HMCS LCI(L)-299, 29 January 1944, LT. William B. McGregor RCNVR (Temp.) in command
  • During World War II HMCS LCI(L)-299 served in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
    Troops Embarked, Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of Canada
    Damage Sustained in Landing, Mined on port side, holing engine room and mess deck
  • Decommissioned by the Canadian Navy, 1 September 1944, returned to the Royal Navy
  • Recommissioned into the Royal Navy and reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacifice Theater
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 14 March 1946 at Subic Bay, P.I.
  • Transferred to France in 1946 designated LC-1299 used for spare parts
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, date 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
    (As Built) four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two abaft the bridge, two .50cal machine guns
    (UK modified) three single 20mm guns one forward, two aft, one abaft the brige and one pom-pom gun abaft the bridge, 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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    HM-LCI(L)-299
    LCI(L)-278 1054k British LCI Flotilla loading troops of the Seaforth Highlanders, probably for the Sicily operation in July 1943. LCI(L)'s present include:
    HM LCI(L)-278
    HM LCI(L)-249
    HM LCI(L)-299 and
    HM LCI(L)-132
    		 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
    LCI(L)-126 1343k British LCI Flotilla at Sousse, Tunisia loading troops, probably for the Sicily occupation in July 1943. LCI(L)'s present include:
    HM LCI(L)-126
    HM LCI(L)-307
    HM LCI(L)-318
    HM LCI(L)-187
    HM LCI(L)-299 and
    HM LCI(L)-291
    		 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
    HMCS-LCI(L)-299
    LCI-299 95k HMCS LCI(L)-299 of the Canadian Flotilla 262 loaded with the Stormont Dundas Glengarrian Highlanders of Canada approaching the invasion beaches at Normandy, 6 June 1944. This photo shows one to the basic principles used to keeping landing casualties to a minimum. As the landing craft approached the beach, troops moved to the stern and the bows came will up in the water. There were many beach obstructions inshore, and the landing craft, with its double bottom, would ram them, ride over them and land the troops with the least possible human loss.
    Photo from H.M.C.S. One photographer's impressions of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II.    		 Ed Storey
    LCI-299 130k HMCS LCI(L)-299 making the assault landing with the Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarrian Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944. This is a famous picture in Canada showing the house which is still there and appears in "Far Distant Ships". Capt. Gordon G. Armstrong RCN Ret.
    LCI-299 115k HMCS LCI(L)-299 making the assault landing with the Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944.
    Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LCI-299 134k Cropped and enlarged image of the above scene showing HMCS LCI(L)-299 making the assault landing with the Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944.
    Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.    		 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
    LCI-299 203k HMCS LCI(L)-299 Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division move ashore on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944.
    Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LCI-299 2012k HMCS LCI(L)-299 Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division move ashore on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944.
    Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.    		 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)-299 was extracted from
    The RCN's Part in the Invasion of France    , a Royal Canadian Navy History document.
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