USS Jacamar (AMCU-25)

The USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) was originally the USS LSIL-870.

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): Laid down, 1 September 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, New Jersey; Launched, 2 October 1944; Commissioned USS LCI(L)-870, 9 October 1944; Decommissioned (date unknown); Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL, 28 February 1949; Authorized for conversion to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), in FY 1952 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; Renamed Jacamar (AMCU-25), 7 March 1952; Conversion begun, 3 August 1953, completed, 1 February 1954; Recommissioned USS Jacamar (AMCU-25), 1 December 1954.

Additional characteristics: Armor, 10-lb. STS plating to splinter shields, pilothouse, and conning station; Endurance convert|8000|nmi|km|-3 at convert|12|kn|mph km/h|0, and 110 tons of fuel;; Fuel Capacity, 110 tons, lube oil 240 gal.; Propulsion, 8 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers.

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

USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) was decommissioned, (date unknown), struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Her final disposition and fate are unknown.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j1/jacamar-ii.htm

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/15/150870.htm NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive LCI(L)-870 / LSIL-870 / AMCU-25 Jacamar]