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LCI(L) / LSIL-882
Shearwater (AMCU 40)


LCI(L)-898 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) / AMCU-7 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 22 September 1944 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, NJ; Launched, 18 October 1944; Commissioned USS LCI(L)-882, 25 October 1944; Decommissioned, 15 May 1947; Reclassified LSI(L)-882, 28 February 1949; Named Shearwater and reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-40, 7 March 1952; Conversion to AMCU canceled, January 1954; Reclassified LSIL-882, 1 July 1954; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 July 1956. Fate unknown.

LCI(L)-882 Specifications: Displacement 381 t.; Length 159'; Beam 23' 8"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 14.4 kts; Complement 40; Armament five 20-mm mounts; Propulsion General Motors diesel engines, 1,800shp, two shafts. AMCU-40 Specifications: Displacement 260 t.; Length 159'; Beam 23' 8"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 14.4 kts; Complement 41; Armament two 20-mm mounts; Propulsion General Motors diesel engines, 1,800shp, two shafts.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:

Shearwater - Any of numerous oceanic birds related to the petrels and albatrosses that usually skim close to the waves in flight.

LCI(L)-882 was laid down on 22 September 1944 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Co. at Barber, N.J.; launched on 18 October 1944; and commissioned on 25 October 1944.

LCI(L)-882 reported for shakedown on 31 October 1944 and thereafter remained in the United States. She was placed out of commission, in reserve, on 15 May 1947 and berthed with the Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla. Reclassified LSI(L)-882 on 28 February 1949, she was nominated for conversion to a coastal minesweeper equipped with underwater object locating equipment in October 1950. On 7 March 1952, LSI(L)-882 was designated Shearwater (AMCU-40). Her conversion to a mine hunter was cancelled in January 1954, and she remained out of commission in Florida. Effective 1 July 1954, she reverted to LSIL-882, having never served under the name, Shearwater.

On 11 July 1956, LSIL-882 was certified as not essential to national defense, and her disposal was authorized on 12 July 1956. LSIL-882 was struck from the Navy list on that same date.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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