
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
USS LCI(G)-196
- Landing Craft, Infantry (Gunboat):
- Displacement: 387 tons (full load)
- Length: 160'4"
- Beam: 23'3"
- Draft: Landing: 2'10" forward, 5'3" aft
- Speed: 15.5 knots
- Armament: 2-3 40mm, 3-4 20mm, 6 .50 cal, 10 Mk 7 & 2 Mk 22 rocket launchers
- Complement: 5 officers, 65 enlisted
- 8 GM diesels, twin screws
- Converted from Landing Craft, Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)-196)
- Built at Federal Shipbuilding, and commissioned February 1943
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June 25, 2000