 LCT-202 of the U.S. Navy. The Landing Craft, Tank (Landing Craft Tank) was an amphibious assault ship for landing tanks on beachheads. The first examples appeared during the Second World War. They were used by the Royal Navy and U.S. Navy in World War II. The latter used them afterwards under different designations in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. During WWII, they were commonly called by their abbreviation, LCT. WWII LCT ship off the coast of England, 1944. ...
WWII LCT ship off the coast of England, 1944. ...
Landing craft Rapière LCU 1656 departs USS Bataan (LHD-5) well deck during Hurricane Katrina relief operations. ...
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History
After the evacuation from Dunkirk it was seen that the only feasible way for the Allies to fight in Europe was by landing on its beaches. Winston Churchill's suggestion for a boat capable of carrying one or more tanks led to a concerted approach to designs for "Combined Operations" craft. British constructors met in mid 1940 and drew up designs that led to one of them, Hawthorn Leslie, producing the first "Tank Landing Craft" in November 1940. This was the LCT Mk I also recorded as "LCT(1)". French troops rescued by a British merchant ship at Dunkirk British evacuation on Dunkirk beach Operation Dynamo (or Dunkirk Evacuation, the Miracle of Dunkirk or just Dunkirk) was the name given to the World War II mass evacuation of Allied soldiers from May 26 to June 4, 1940, during the...
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The LCT was produced in several configurations, the two US ones were the Mark V and Mark VI. LCT Mk Vs had only a bow ramp while LCT Mk VIs had both bow and stern ramps. They were much smaller than the Landing Ship Tank (or LST), a larger amphibious assault ship for landing tanks which was capable of hauling and launching an LCT. They were unarmored and only lightly armed. LCT were not given names, only numbers. A large number were given through Lend-Lease to the UK and a small number to the USSR. The tank landing ship (LST, for Landing Ship, Tank) was created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and troops directly onto an unimproved shore. ...
The Lend-Lease program was a program of the United States during World War II that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without becoming directly involved in the war. ...
Besides being used to transport tanks, men or supplies, the LCT was a suitable platform for conversion and were modified for special duties for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. To provide anti-aircraft protection for the convoys and during the assault itself several LCTs were converted into floating AA batteries, the LCT(4) conversions receiving the new designation LCF(4) "Landing Craft, Flak" and so forth. Some LCTs were fitted with guns or rockets (the later becoming Landing Craft, Tank (Rocket)) or as repair barges or minesweepers. Twenty-six of them had armor added, making them LCT(A), Landing Craft Tank (Armored) however, this reduced their load from 4 tanks to 3. This article is about the assault phase of Operation Overlord. ...
 An LCT being loaded onto an LST by a crane barge After WWII, the surviving US MK5s were sold off for scrap or for civilian use while the MK6s were redesignated as Utility Landing Ship (LSU) in 1949 and redesignated again as Landing Craft Utility (LCU). Six of them were modified in 1948-49 for Arctic service. After WWII, new craft were built from the Mark V pattern with larger crew quarters. Some of these were later reclassified during the Vietnam War as Harbor Utility Craft (YFU) because they no longer served in an amphibious assault role but were only used in harbor support roles such as transporting goods from supply ships into harbor. LCT being loaded onto an LST. U.S. National Archives photo, from http://www. ...
LCT being loaded onto an LST. U.S. National Archives photo, from http://www. ...
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Production US Production: A total of 1,435 of these craft were built, including 965 built during WWII. Most of the US LCT's were built at the Darby Steel Plant in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Kansas. The ships were then floated more than 1,000 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, Louisiana prompting the ships to be nicknamed the "Prairie Ships." Harry Darby (January 23, 1895- January 17, 1987) was an American politician from Kansas. ...
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LCT-401 to LCT-500 (all Mk. V) were built by New York Shipbuilding at Camden, New Jersey.
As of 2004, at least one LCT is still in use: LCT-203 is the Outer Island on Lake Superior, working as a dredge and construction barge. This may be the only remaining ship of this type. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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UK production: 864 LCT(4)s were built. A British LCT, HM LCT (3) 7074 is owned by the Warship Preservation Trust and moored on the Wirral in England. Ships of the trust at the Birkenhead docks The Warship Preservation Trust is based in Birkenhead, UK and hosts Europes largest collection of preserved war ships. ...
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LCT Mk III specifications Appeared from May 1941. - Number built: 235
- Gross tonnage: 305
- Length: 191 ft
- Breadth: 31 ft
- Engine: Paxman diesel (71 with American Sterling Admiral petrol engines)
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LCT Mk IV specifications The LCT IV in its original form was armed only with 2 Oerlikon 20mm cannon, mounted either side of the cabin. Sometimes they were additionally armed with pak 2 j projectors at the stern of the craft. After Normandy some of these craft were stiffened by adding additional plates to the sides and bottom in preparation for service in the Far east. These craft were constructed by metal fabrication companies and were put together at shipyards. Another feature of these craft, was that the tank deck was above the Waterline, whereas the previous marks of Landing craft the tank deck was below the waterline. Approx 740 MK IVs were constructed. Starting with Craft number no 500. These were mainly designed for use on the flat and shallow beaches of Normandy. The M4 Sherman was the primary tank produced by the United States for its own use and the use of its Allies during World War II. Production of the M4 Medium tank exceeded 50,000 units, and its chassis served as the basis for thousands of other armored vehicles such...
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The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) was a heavy British infantry tank of the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. ...
The design of the Oerlikon 20mm cannon, by Reinhold Becker dates back to 1914, and is still in use today, after having been used extensively during the Second World War. ...
2-pounder multiple pom-pom Mark VIII on 8-barrel mounting Mark VI. A pom-pom is a large calibre machine-gun, used mostly famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the British Royal Navy. ...
LCT Mk V specifications - Displacement: 133 tons (135 t), 286 (291 t) tons (landing)
- Length: 117 ft (35.7 m)
- Beam: 32 ft (9.8 m)
- Draft: 2 ft 10 in (0.9 m) forward, 4 ft 2 in (1.3 m) aft (landing)
- Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h)
- Armament: 2 x 20 mm
- Complement: 1 officer, 12 enlisted
- Capacity: 5 x 30-ton (27 t) or 4 x 40-ton (36 t) or 3 x 50-ton (45 t) tanks; or 9 trucks; or 150 short tons (136 t) cargo
- 3 Gray 225 hp (168 kW) diesels; triple screws
LCT Mk VI specifications - Displacement: 143 tons (145 t), 309 (314 t) tons (landing)
- Length: 119 ft (36.3 m)
- Beam: 32 ft (9.8 m)
- Draft: 3 ft 7 in (1.1 m) forward, 4 ft (1.2 m) aft (landing)
- Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h)
- Armament: 2 x 20 mm
- Complement: 1 officer, 12 enlisted
- Capacity: 4 medium or 3 x 50-ton (45 t) tanks; or 150 short tons (136 t) cargo; accommodations for 8 troops
- 3 Gray 225 hp (168 kW) diesels; triple screws
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Landing craft Rapière LCU 1656 departs USS Bataan (LHD-5) well deck during Hurricane Katrina relief operations. ...
External links - Photo archive organized by individual ship
- LCT History
- Landing Craft of New York Shipbuilding
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