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LCI(L)-653
Avocet (AMCU / MHC 16)


LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) / AMCU-7 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 14 June 1944 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, NJ; Launched, 14 July 1944; Commissioned USS LCI(L)-653, 22 July 1944; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 6 June 1946; Named Avocet and reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-16, 7 March 1952; Recommissioned, 9 December 1953; Reclassfied as a Coastal Minehunter MHC-16, 7 February 1955; Decommisioned, 20 May 1955 at Stockton, CA; Approved for disposal, 21 December 1959; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960. Fate unknown. LCI(L)-653 earned one battle star during World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 260 t. (LCI(L) 387 t.); Length 159'; Beam 23' 8"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 14.4 kts; Complement 41 (LCI(L) 40); Armament two 20-mm mounts (LCI(L) five 20-mm mounts); Propulsion General Motors diesel engines, 1,800shp, two shafts.
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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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