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LCI(L)-317 / HMCS LCH-317


LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at Todd & Eyrie, Barber, N.J.,(date unknown)
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Transferred, 16 February 1943, under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom
  • Converted to a Landing Craft Headquarters LCH the British version of the US Flotilla Flag Ship LC(FF)
  • Commissioned into the Canadian Navy as HMCS LCH-317, date unknown
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 13 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the State Department for disposal and sold 13 February 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    LCI(L) 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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    LCI(L)-100/317 77k HMCS LCH-100 and HMCS LCH-317 moored at Southhampton amongst a multitude of landing craft prior to D-Day, June 1944. Robert Hurst
    LCI(L)-317 93k HMCS LCH-317 discharging members of the 51st Highland Division, at Sicily, 9 July 1943. Robert Hurst
    The history for LCI(L)-317 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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