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HM LCI(L)-314


LCI(L)-314 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Turned over to the United Kingdom, 8 February 1943, commissioned HM LCI(L)-314
  • HM LCI(L)-314 operated in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the Sicilian occupation and the Invasion of Southern France
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 10 December 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposal, returned to her purchaser (unknown person), 10 December 1946
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 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 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
    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
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    LCI(L)-303 152k HM LCI(L)-303 and HM LCI(L)-314 (at right) landings British troops during the Sicilian occupation, date unknown. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-314 281k HM LCI(L)-314, HM LCI(L)-283 and HM LCI(L)-247, 12 August 1944, in the Salerno Italy area loaded with GIs from the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division relaxing before departure for the invasion of Southern France.
    US Army Signal Corps photo #SC 192915 by Newell, 16rd Signal Photo Company.    		 Dave Kerr
    LCI(L)-314
    1015031403    		 192k HM LCI(L)-314 underway with troops for the Invasion of Southern France, circa August-December 1944.
    Select images from a short film titled "US Invasion of Southern France" US National Archives Identifier NAID: 23392; Local ID: 111-ADC-9628. Colorized for detail.    		 David Upton
    LCI(L)-314
    1015031402    		 281k HM LCI(L)-314 beached, 15 December 1944, during the Invasion of Southern France while unloading men of the 36th Infantry (Lone Star) Division. Men in the foreground seem to be a part of a combat engineering squad.
    Select images from a short film titled "Allied Invasion of Southern France" US National ARchives Identifier NAID: 15952; Local ID: 111-ADC-2147.    		 David Upton
    The history for LCI(L)-314 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
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