USS Jacamar (AMCU-25)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Jacamar.

History


Name:	USS Jacamar
Builder:	New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation, Barber, New Jersey
Laid down:	1 September 1944, as LCI(L)-870
Launched:	2 October 1944
Commissioned:	9 October 1944
Reclassified:	LSIL, 28 February 1949 USS Jacamar (AMCU-25), 7 March 1952
Fate:	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type:	LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft
Displacement:	386 long tons (392 t) full
Length:	163 ft 4 in (49.78 m)
Beam:	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Propulsion:	8 × GM diesel engines (4 per shaft), 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW) 2 × variable pitch propellers
Speed:	14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph)
Range:	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity:	75 long tons (76 t)
Troops:	9 officers, 200 enlisted
Complement:	4 officers, 25 enlisted
Armament:	5 × 20 mm AA guns

USS Jacamar (AMCU-25), was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy.

Laid down on 1 September 1944, by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation of Barber, New Jersey, the ship was launched on 2 October 1944, commissioned as USS LCI(L)-870 on 9 October 1944, and decommissioned (date unknown).

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, her designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL, on 28 February 1949, and the ship was authorized for conversion to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), in FY 1952 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Renamed USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) on 7 March 1952, conversion began on 3 August 1953, was completed on 1 February 1954, and the ship was recommissioned as USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) on 1 December 1954.

Additional characteristics:

Armor, 10-lb. STS plating to splinter shields, pilothouse, and conning station.
Fuel Capacity, 110 tons, lube oil 240 gallons.

Other than the fact that she was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned after 1954, very little is known about her operational activities.

Jacamar was decommissioned, (date unknown), struck from the Naval Vessel Register, (date unknown). Her final disposition and fate are unknown.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Jacamar (LCI(L)-870/LSIL-870/AMCU-25) at NavSource Naval History

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List of minesweepers of the United States Navy

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