LCI(G)-Class
Close-In Fire Support - LCI(G)-class were gunboat conversions from LCI(L) hulls providing close-in fire support for amphibious operations. Multiple flotillas converted 1943-1945. Combined 40mm guns, 20mm AA, .50 cal MGs, and rockets. Post-Tarawa fire support doctrine.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 234 t
- Displacement (full)
- 387 t
- Length
- 158.5 ft
- Beam
- 23.3 ft
- Crew
- 70
- Ships built
- Multiple flotillas (precise number unknown)
- Commissioned
- 1943-1945
- Decommissioned
- 1946-1948
Performance
- Top speed
- 16 kn
- Range
- 4000 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 2-3× single 40mm Bofors AA
- Secondary guns
- 4× 20mm Oerlikon AA, 6× .50 cal MG
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 12.86
- Research cost
- 283
- Credit cost
- 9,002
Notable
- Close-in fire support gunboat conversion from troop transport
- Combined gun and rocket armament (40mm + rockets)
- Post-Tarawa fire support doctrine integration
- 70-man crew for weapons operations (vs 24 on base LCI)
- Troop ramps removed for weapons mounts
- Dedicated fire support role