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LCI(L) / AMCU-32 Minivet / LSIL-969

Call sign: November - Xray - Foxtrot - Lima

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): Laid down, 29 February 1944, at Consolidated Steel, Corp., Orange, TX.; Launched, 27 March 1944; Commissioned USS LCI(L)-969, 21 April 1944, LT. J.W. Clement, in command; During WWII LCI(L)-969 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, and participated in the Occupation and Capture of Morotai, 15 September 1944; Decommissioned, 3 October 1946, at New Orleans, LA.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL.; Renamed Minivet, 7 March 1952, designated Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), AMCU-32; Conversion canceled, 1 July 1974, and redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-969; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs; Struck from the Naval Register, March 1957; Final Disposition, disposed of as a target. LSIL-969 received one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 385 t.(fl); Length 163' 4"; Beam 23' 3"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 14.4kts; Complement 4 officer, 25 enlisted; Troop Capacity, 9 Officers, 200 Enlisted; Cargo Capacity, 75 tons; Armor, 10-lb. STS plating to splinter shields, pilothouse, and conning station; Endurance 8,000 miles at 12 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; Armament five single 20mm gun mounts; Fuel Capacity, 110 tons, lube oil 240 gal.; Propulsion, 8 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers.

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