LCI-L-Lend-Lease
WWII Troop Landing Craft - LCI(L) were US-built troop carriers, 211 transferred to Royal Navy under Lend-Lease 1943-1945. Carried 200 troops. 16 knots. Direct beach landing.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 234 t
- Displacement (full)
- 419 t
- Length
- 158.5 ft
- Beam
- 23.3 ft
- Crew
- 24 (3 officers, 21 enlisted)
- Ships built
- 211 (British, from 923 total built)
- Commissioned
- 1943-1945
- Decommissioned
- 1945-1946
Performance
- Top speed
- 16 kn
- Range
- 700 nm
Armament
- Main guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 37.12
- Research cost
- 7,350
- Credit cost
- 25,984
Notable
- Could transport 200 troops directly to beaches
- Twin bow ramps for rapid troop deployment
- 16-knot speed for fast assault waves
- Shallow 4-foot draft for beach landing