| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Landing Craft Infantry |
| Class | LCI 1 |
| Pennant | LCI(L)-245 |
| Built by | New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. (Barber, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Sep 1942 |
| Launched | 3 Oct 1942 |
| Commissioned | 21 Nov 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN 21 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving LCI(L)-245 include:
4 Jun 1943
'Flight K' Landing craft
This group of landing craft and auxiliary vessels departed Falmouth around 0725B/4 bound for Gibraltar.
This group of landing craft was made up of the following landing craft; HMS LCI(L)-100, HMS LCI(L)-164, HMS LCI(L)-165, HMS LCI(L)-166, HMS LCI(L)-169, HMS LCI(L)-171, HMS LCI(L)-172, HMS LCI(L)-178, HMS LCI(L)-179, HMS LCI(L)-181, HMS LCI(L)-241 and HMS LCI(L)-245.
They were escorted by the corvette HMS Columbine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.J. Griffiths, RNR).
During 7 June 1943, the destroyers HMCS Iroquois (Cdr. W.B.L. Holms, RCN) and ORP Orkan (Kmdr.por. (Cdr.) S. Hryniewiecki) patrolled in the area 'Flight K' was passing through to provide cover.
They arrived at Gibraltar on 10 June 1943. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/767+ ADM 199/2266
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.