From the U-boat.net.
The LCI(L)-600 was built by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation in Barber, NJ. It was laid down on 27 March 1944, launched 29 April 1944 and commissioned the same day. That is a pretty amazing one month to build a ship that was 158-feet long that was designed to carry 200 troops. LCI(L) refers to Landing Craft Infantry (Large).
It was sunk 12 January 1945 by a Japanese Kaiten launched by the I-36.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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