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USS LCI(L)222 was a United States Navy ship classified as a Landing Craft Infantry Large. She was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Name | USS LCI(L)-222 |
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Laid down | 17 October 1942 |
Launched | 29 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 3 December 1942 |
Stricken | 1946 |
Fate | Sold on 7 November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Landing Craft Infantry |
Displacement | 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 t.(loaded) |
Length | 158 ft 5.5 in (48.298 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 sets of 4 General Motors diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers |
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Endurance | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h), loaded, 500 nautical miles (930 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h); and 110 tons of fuel |
Capacity | 75 tons cargo |
Troops | 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted |
Complement | 3 officers, 21 enlisted |
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Armor | 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house |
LCI-222 was laid down on 17 October 1942, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts and launched on 29 November 1942. She received her commission on 3 December 1942.
During World War II USS LCI(L)-222 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the New Georgia Group operations, the New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation from 1 to 4 July 1943, the Vella Level occupation on 15 August 1943, the Treasury Island-Bougainville operation and the Treasury Island landing, on 27 October 1943, and the occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, on 3 and 4 December 1943. USS LCI(L)-222 was at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands on 8 December 1945 en route from Tiapan to Pearl Harbor.