LCI(L)-1
1942
(SeaVee SV540c)
- Class: LCI(L)-1 - 302 landing craft of 1942
- Displacement: 216 tons
- Dimensions: 158 x 23 x 5 ft.
- Machinery: diesels, twin shafts, B.H.P. 2,320 = 14 knots
- Armament: 4-20 mm. guns
- Complement: 24
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ
- Keel Laid: 27 Jul 1942
- Launched: 1 Sep 1942
- Commissioned: 7 Oct 1942
- Notes: Lead class of Landing Craft Infantry (Large). Many were transferred to Great Britain. LCI(L)-1 participated in the Tunisian campaign in North Africa, Mar-Jul 1943 and the invasion of Sicily, Jul 1943. She was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for the latter campaign, but she was sunk through enemy action off Italy 17 Aug 1943.
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