Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

USS LCI(L)-609

• LCI(L)-351 class Infantry Landing Craft (Large):
• Displacement: 216 tons (light), 234 tons (landing)
• Length: 158'6"
• Beam: 23'3"
• Draft: 3'2" (mean); 2'8" forward, 4'10" aft (landing)
• Speed: 12 knots (std), 16 knots (maximum)
• Armament: 7 20mm, 2 .50-cal mg
• Complement: 3 officers, 21 enlisted
• Capacity: 32 tons of cargo
• Troops: 6 officers, 182 enlisted
• 2 sets G.M. diesel engins; twin variable-pitch screws, 1600 BHP
• Built at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.; and commissioned 1944

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