LCI(G)-463
1945
(Trident alpha 10058)
- Class: LCI(L)-351 - landing craft of 1943
- Displacement: 219 tons (light)
- Dimensions: 158 x 23 x 5 ft.
- Machinery: two sets of 4 GM diesels, twin shafts, B.H.P. 1,600 = 14 knots
- Armament: 2-40 mm., 4-20 mm. guns; 10 Mk 7 rocket launchers
- Complement: 70
- Builder: New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, NJ
- Keel Laid: 3 Aug 1943
- Launched: 9 Sep 1943
- Commissioned: 17 Sep 1943
- Notes: Commissioned as Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-463. Designation changed to Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-463 15 Jun 1944. Participated in Marianas operation (capture of Saipan and Tinian) in Jun-Jul 1944, and Western Caroline Islands operation (capture of Pelelieu) Sep-Oct 1944.
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