USS LCI(L)-222

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NameUSS LCI(L)-222
Builder
Laid down17 October 1942
Launched29 November 1942
Commissioned3 December 1942
Stricken1946
FateSold on 7 November 1946
General characteristics
Class and type Landing Craft Infantry
Displacement216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 t.(loaded)
Length158 ft 5.5 in (48.298 m)
Beam23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft
  • Light, 3 ft 1.5 in (0.953 m) mean
  • Landing, 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) fwd, 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) aft
  • Loaded, 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) fwd, 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) aft
Propulsion2 sets of 4 General Motors diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
Speed
  • 16 kn (30 km/h) (max.)
  • 14 knots (26 km/h) maximum continuous
Endurance4,000 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
Capacity75 tons cargo
Troops6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
Complement3 officers, 21 enlisted
Armament
Armor2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house

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.

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.

Her decommissioning date is unknown. She was struck from the Naval Register in 1946 and was sold on 7 November 1946 with her final disposition and fate unknown.

USS LCI(L)-222 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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