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HMS LCI(L)-386


LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Leased to the United Kingdom and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-386, 22 November 1943
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 4 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register. date unknown
  • Transferred to the State Department for disposal
  • Final Disposal, sold 13 February 1948, 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 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)-386 163k HM LCI(L)-386, partial crew photo while at Dieppe, France in September 1944. During a short period after D'Day craft of 265 Flotilla were employed to carry supplies to France and to,among other things,bring prisoners to UK. Officers are not yet identified but three crew are as follows...Center front is 'Bunts' , to his right in working overalls is the Cox'n Jimmy Green and between the two Officers immediately below the '6' is yours truly 'Sparks' Syd Berrett. During this period many LCI's were working out of Newhaven a small port near Brighton, Sussex.on the South coast of UK. Syd Barrett HM LCI(L)-386
    The history for LCI(L)-386 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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