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Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Taiwanese Landing craft (ex-LCI (G) 418 1944-1958) Lien Sheng (263) 1948-

LSIL-class. Former American Landing Craft (Gunboat), Infantry. Full load displacement 387 tons and as dimensions 159 x 23 2/3 x 5 2/3 feet. Armament 2-2cm anti aircraft guns. Crew numbered 28 men. 2-Shaft diesel propulsion, 1,320 bhp, speed 14 knots. Laid down by George Lawley&Sons Shipbuilding Corporation, Neponset, Ma., USA on 4 February 1944, launched on 11 February 1944, commissioned on 18 February 1944 and transfeed to the Republic of China on 7 February 1948. 

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