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I see the wording no longer says Brasil. I do believe Davidships has the right identity. There were 4 variants of this hull type, with a total of about 1000 built. Only 160 were built to this design, with the bow doors, and LCI 869 was among those, further supporting this identity. She was deleted from Lloyd's Register in 1985 with the notation "Existence in doubt."
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LCI(L)-869 built 1944 New Jersey Shipbuilding Co
1949 redesignated LSIL-869, landing ship infantry large
1952 renamed GOLDCREST (AMCU-24), coastal minesweeper unwater locator
1955 redesignated MHC-24) coastal minesweeper
1960 sold to Scott-Matson Farms In, Fort Pierce, Florida, renamed ABACO FARMER
1961 renamed TROPIC FARMER (IMO 5000641)
(the sequence of the last two names may have been reversed - sources vary)
Scott-Matson had farms in Florida, Abaco Islands Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Honduras (and they had also several other LCI(L)s though they didn't have "Tropic" names). Could the photo be from somewhere other than Brazil?
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https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176541
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Best regards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Infantry
and a preserved one:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LCI-713_2012_-_Portland_Oregon.jpg
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