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Service Details
Last Rate
Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Last Primary NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate
Primary Unit
1943-1945, GM-0000, LCI (L)-193
Service Years
1937 - 1945
Last Photo
Personal Details
Home State
Massachusetts
Year of Birth 1920
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Brenda Brubaker, LT
to remember
Heath, Carroll Henry, GM1c.
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Contact Info
Home Town Orange, Franklin County
Last Address Easton, Bristol County BURIAL: Newell Burying Ground Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Date of Passing May 23, 1997
Wall/Plot Coordinates TBD
Last Known Activity:
TBD ???
From Month/Year April / 1943
To Month/Year - / 1945
Unit LCI (L)-193 Unit Page
Rate Gunner's Mate 1st Class
NEC GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
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LCI(L) was a 1class Landing Craft Infantry Large that was constructed in the Navy Yard at Newark, NJ.
Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 t.(loaded)
Length 158' 5½"
Beam 23' 3"
Draft Light, 3'1½" mean, Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft, Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft
Speed 16 kts (max.), 14 kts maximum continuous
Complement 4 officer, 26 enlisted
Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted / one crossing landing carried 240 soldiers
Cargo Capacity 75 tons
Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; steel armor added in Newark & N. Africa
Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
(from Navy Archives)
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Landing Craft Infantry (LCI)
Strength
Transport Ship
Created/Owned By
OFF Brubaker, Brenda (Paulson), LT 1
Last Updated: Mar 24, 2022