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LCI(L)-982 /LSIL-982
AMCU-35 / MHC-35 Owl
Flag Hoist/International Radio Call sign: November - Yankee - Alpha - Hotel
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): Laid down, 23 March 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.; Launched, 18 April 1944; Commissioned USS LCI(L)-982, 16 May 1944; Decommissioned, 24 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL, 28 February 1949; Authorized for conversion to a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) in FY 1952; Contract for conversion placed with Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC, 7 March 1952, conversion begun, 15 July 1953, completed, 15 January 1954; Commissioned USS Owl (AMCU-35), 19 December 1953; Redesignated Coastal Minehunter (MHC-35), 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 1 November 1957, at Boston; Struck from the Naval Register, 17 October 1958; Final Disposition, fate unknown.
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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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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Association of Minemen
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