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[StartQuote] Further info on the LCI(L) to LCI(G) conversion shown in the Youtube film. LCI(L)s 24, 67, 68, 69 were the second group to be converted to gunboats from Nov-Dec 1943. The first group was composed of LCI(L) 21, 22, 23, and 70 and completed in Oct 1943. All were part of Flotilla Five and ended up in Flotilla Five's Group Thirteen. These initial gunboat conversions were done to address the Japanese barges and consisted of 1 x 3/50, 1 x 40mm Single, 4 x 20mm Singles, and 6 x 50 call mounted on tripods (the film shows one being installed). My model of the late war LCI arrived the other day and it looks like it will be a relatively simple conversion to make this into one of these earlier square con gunboat variants that supported Ron 23. [EndQuote]
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