| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Landing Craft Infantry |
| Class | LCI 1 |
| Pennant | LCI(L)-178 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 10 Sep 1942 |
| Launched | 27 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 Dec 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Returned to the USN in 1946 |
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Notable events involving LCI(L)-178 include:
5 Jun 1943
Around 2000B/5, the destroyers HMCS Iroquois (Cdr. W.B.L. Holms, RCN) and ORP Orkan (Kmdr.por. (Cdr.) S. Hryniewiecki) departed Falmouth escorting the landing ship HMS Prins Albert (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Peate, RNR) part of her way to Gibraltar.
Around 2300B/6, HMCS Iroquois and ORP Orkan parted company to proceed to provide cover for a convoy of landing craft made op of 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 en-route to Gibraltar escorted by the corvette HMS Columbine (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.J. Griffiths, RNR). These ships were however not seen in the bad visibility.
Around 2300B/7, HMCS Iroquois and ORP Orkan turned northwards to proceed to Plymouth where they arrived around 1320B/9. (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/2266 + File RG24-D-2 / Vol. 7418 (Library and Archives Canada)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.