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USS LCI(L)-512


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Yankee - India
NQYI
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



USS LCI(L)-512 was leased to the United Kingdom
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in November 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched in December 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-512 landing her troops , 6 December 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-512 was assigned to 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
  • Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 5 December 1944
  • Returned to US Navy custody, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Sold, 10 December 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-512 received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    LCI(L) 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)-513 102k USS LCI(L)-512 off loading troops at the Normandy beachhead, date unknown.
    Photo, courtesy of Denver Collins Editor, Timeless Media Group Inc.
    Robert Morrissey

    The history for USS LCI(L)-512 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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    Last Updated 30 April 2010