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3 unusual facts about Landing Craft Infantry


Landing Craft Infantry

In another instance, Lt. Alec Guinness RNVR made numerous trips as the Commanding Officer of HMS LCI(L)-124 delivering troops to the beach near Cape Passero lighthouse on 9 July 1943 during the Allied invasion of Sicily.

The Landing Craft Support (Large) or "LCS(L) Mark 3" was built by the United States.

This variant was used for the basis of the LCS(L) class of Landing Craft Support ships.


Commercial Iron Works

Commercial Iron Works established a shipyard on the Ross Island site in the early 1940s, which turned out close to 200 small warships during the war, including net layers, minelayers, submarine chasers, and LCI and LCS landing craft.

Republic of Vietnam Navy

The patrol types included LSSLs and LSILs which normally operated only in Riverine Areas or the Rung Sat Special Zone; though occasionally they were assigned the four coastal zones.


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