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USS LCI(L)-509

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Yankee - Charlie
NQYC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI(L)-509 was leased to the United Kingdom

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down in October 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched, November 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-509, 1 December 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-509 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Decommissioned and turned over to the United Kingdom, 5 December 1944

USS LCI(L)-509 earned one battle star for World War II service

Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-509

Returned to US Navy custody, 11 September 1946

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold, 18 March 1947

Final Disposition, 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

Diesel 860 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS LCI(L)-509
	126k	USS LCI(L)-509 officers and bridge crew, date and location unknown.	R. Simpson for his father LCDR Wayne A. Simpson USNR, CO USS LCI(L)-509
	75k	USS LCI(L)-509 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	R. Simpson for his father LCDR Wayne A. Simpson USNR, CO USS LCI(L)-509
1015050906	428k	USS LCI(L)-509 in convoy crossing the Atlantic Ocean, circa December 1943. US National Archives Identifier 205577788, Local Identifier 26-G-3392, US Coast Guard photo # 3392.	David Upton
	22k	USS LCI(L)-509 beached at Normandy while unloading UK troops, date unknown.	R. Simpson for his father LCDR Wayne A. Simpson USNR, CO USS LCI(L)-509
	109k
HM LCI(L)-509
	53k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-501 in Royal Navy service as HM LCI(L)-501, HM LCI(L)-186 and ex-USS LCI(L)-509 in Royal Navy service as HM LCI(L)-509 at Punta Delgado in the Azores while enroute to being returned to the US, circa July 1946.	Ron Hyde
	59k		Ron Hyde

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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