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List Of United States Navy Landing Craft Infantry (LCI)
This is a list of Landing Craft Infantry (LCIs) built by the United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage .... * USS ''LCI(L)-1'' * USS ''LCI(L)-2'' * USS ''LCI(L)-3'' * USS ''LCI(L)-4'' * USS ''LCI(L)-5'' * USS ''LCI(L)-8'' * USS ''LCI(L)-9'' * USS ''LCI(L)-10'' * USS ''LCI(L)-11'' * USS ''LCI(L)-12'' * USS ''LCI(L)-13'' * USS ''LCI(L)-14'' * USS ''LCI(L)-15'' * USS ''LCI(L)-16'' * USS ''LCI(L)-17'' * USS ''LCI(L)-18'' * USS ''LCI(L)-19'' * USS ''LCI(L)-20'' * USS ''LCI(L)-21'' * USS ''LCI(L)-22'' * USS ''LCI(L)-23'' * USS ''LCI(L)-24'' * USS ''LCI(L)-25'' * USS ''LCI(L)-26'' * USS ''LCI(L)-27'' * USS ''LCI(L)-28'' * USS ''LCI(L)-29'' * USS ''LCI(L)-30'' * USS ''LCI(L)-31'' * USS ''LCI(L)-32'' * USS ''LCI(L)-33'' * USS ''LCI(L)-3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landing Craft Infantry
The Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) were several classes of landing craft used to land large numbers of infantry directly onto beaches during the Second World War. They were developed in response to a British request for seagoing amphibious assault ships capable of carrying and landing substantially more troops than their smaller Landing Craft Assault (LCA). The result was a small steel ship that could land 200 men, traveling from rear bases on its own bottom at a speed of up to 15 knots. Some 923 were built starting in 1943, serving in both the Pacific and European theaters, including a number that were converted into heavily armed beach assault support ships. The LCI(L) supplemented the small LCAs/ LCVPs as a way to get many troops ashore before a dock could be captured or built. As such, they were the largest dedicated beachable infantry landing craft (the larger Landing Ship Infantry (LSI) was a transporter for men and small craft such as the British LCA) in the Allied inventory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
