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	Landing craft information - Search.com
		A landing craft is a type of boat used to convey landing force (infantry and vehicles) on to a shore during an assault from sea to land.
		Landing Craft are ships or smaller vessels whose primary purpose is to place elements of an army on an (enemy held) beach.
		They were towed to the beach by larger craft such as the LCT which would carry the assault teams of the Royal Engineers with their specialist vehicles and equipment to complete the beach clearance.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Landing_craft#Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion_(LCAC)?redir=1 (1618 words)

	Landing Craft - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		Landing Craft are a type of naval vessel used to convey ground troops, vehicles and equipment over water obstacles and land them on potentially hostile shores.
		While landing craft date back to the age of sail (generally consisting of standard small, oar-driven boats as used by larger vessels for other duties), their first widespread use in modern Canadian military history was during the Second World War.
		The Landing Craft, Flak (LCF) was developed in time for six to participate in the Dieppe Raid in Aug 1942; these were LCTs transformed into fire support ships by the addition of two 4-inch guns, or eight 2-lb mortars, or four 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Landing_Craft (3103 words)

	Anzio Beachhead: The Anzio Landing (22-29 January)
		In the four months between this landing and Fifth Army's May offensive, the short stretch of coast known as the Anzio beachhead was the scene of one of the most courageous and bloody dramas of the war.
		The landing, to be made by a single division, was to be the third phase of an over-all operation in Italy.
		Tanks and tank destroyers of the 751st Tank Battalion and the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion were brought up to reduce these strong points.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/anziobeach/anzio-landing.htm (8778 words)

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	Juno Beach - Weapons
		Armoured regiments were equipped with DD (duplex drive) Sherman tanks which could 'swim'' in the water and then travel on land to support the leading waves of infantry.
		The flail was a rotating drum powered by a drive from the tank engine and held by two girders extending from the front of the tank.
		The DD tanks were carried on LCT's (Landing Craft Tanks) to about 7000 yards from shore where they were launched into the water.
	www.members.shaw.ca /junobeach/juno-7.htm (2337 words)

	BEGINNINGS OF THE TANK LANDING SHIP (LST)
		Provisions were made for the satisfactory ventilation of the tank space while the tank motors were running, and an elevator was provided to lower vehicles from the main deck to the tank deck for disembarking.
		Derricks, booms, and winches were added to haul damaged landing craft on board for repairs, and flsmith, machine, and electrical workshops were provided on the main deck and tank deck.
		A stern gate to the tank deck permits unloading of amphibious tractors into t he water or the unloading of other vehicles into a landing craft, utility (LCU) or onto a pier.
	www.angelfire.com /in/shiphistory/BEGINNINGSLST.html (1862 words)

	Tank Landing Ships history, index
		Provisions were made for the satisfactory ventilation of the tank space while the tank motors were running, and an elevator was provided to lower vehicles from the maind eck to the tank deck for disembarking.
		The ma in deck was strengthened to accommodate a fully-equipped landing craft, tank (LCT).
		Derricks, booms, a nd winches were added to haul damaged landing craft on board for repairs, and flsmith, machine, and electrical workshops were provided on the main deck and tank deck.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/amphib/lst.htm (1886 words)

	Landing Craft Tank
		LCT's 722, 724 and 725 temporarily attached to flotilla 22, group 66 command for operational purposes.
		LCT 724 had a fire aboard LSD7 Oak Hill, LCT 722 had to remove mast to fit in well of LSD 7.
		LCT 725 along with LCT 724 and 722 unloaded, carried 542nd Engineers, Co. D and equipment transported to beach.
	home.earthlink.net /~jdenoma/lct725 (939 words)

	COMBINEDOPS LCT 980
		These landing craft had a hull length of 187 ft 3 in and a beam (width) of 38 ft 9 in and their displacement was 586 tons.
		The deck of the tank space was equipped with drainage holes, and large rings were in place for fastening the vehicles firmly to the deck so that they would stay in position during a rough passage at sea.
		LCT 980 was put into service at Alloa, Scotland in late 1943 and I joined her crew in January 1944 as the Wireman, (ship’s electrician).
	www.combinedops.com /LCT_980.htm (4246 words)

	COMBINEDOPS LCTs
		Its height was such that when the LCT approached the beach, the tanks mounted on the ramp, were able to fire over the bows, thus, hopefully, forcing defenders on the beaches to keep their heads down.
		The weight of the tanks, mounted on the assault ramps made the vessels top heavy; thus, the craft were difficult to handle.
		Her tank deck, with ramp still in the down position, was now exposed to the open sea.
	www.combinedops.com /LCT_PAGE.htm (6100 words)

	The Tank Museum - Bovington - News Articles
		At Dieppe the tanks, which were all landed in daylight with the leading waves (of infantry) in the face of defences which dominated the beach and against tank obstacles that had not been breached, found themselves in great difficulties.
		The L. (Landing Craft Tank) offer a big target when used with the assaulting waves and must not be delayed on the beaches beyond the time required to disembark their loads of tanks and other troops if these are carried.
		Many of the Mark III Churchill tanks were heard complaining that their electric turret traverse gear had failed and that the 6-pounder guns were jamming.
	www.tankmuseum.co.uk /newsart_1203.html (738 words)

	The Great Pinochle Game
		A Landing Craft Tank resembles and is about the size of a sand-carrying barge.
		All on our Landing Craft Tank (LCT) were up and looking at what was left of B Battery personnel, the landing craft and the equipment.
		Not a sound was to be heard on this craft until we landed.
	www.ausa.org /dday/russo.htm (630 words)

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		This large British landing craft was the workhorse of the Navy's river transport force and saw constant use, mainly in Tonkin.
		US landing craft designed to carry the second wave's infantry to the beach, they were fitted with increased armament and communications fit and used as command ships for the Dinassauts.
		These British landing craft, designed to carry an infantry platoon to the beach, were obtained from Royal Navy stocks in Singapore and used as patrol and assault craft until 1951.
	members.lycos.co.uk /Indochine/cefeo/boats.html (2862 words)

	Tank Landing Ships history, index
		Such a high priority was assigned to the construction of LST's that the keel of an aircraft carrier, previously laid in the dock, was hastily removed to make place for several LST's to be built in her stead.
		The main deck was strengthened to accommodate a fully-equipped landing craft, tank (LCT).
		A stern gate to the tank deck permits unloading of amphibious tractors into the water or the unloading of other vehicles into a landing craft, utility (LCU) or onto a pier.
	www.xmission.com /~jcander/lst.htm (1845 words)

	history.html
		In close company, any major landing craft was difficult to hold on station; in a typhoon, trying to stop was impossible as great seas swept one craft hundreds of feet past the ship ahead.
		Even if the ship ahead was visible in the torrential rain there was little chance of avoiding her once another craft came too close astern, so the LCT flotilla leaders' signalmen risked their lives to flash lights as a guide when the craft spread out.
		Not all life in LCTs was as hectic as this, but from the early days of the Royal Navy's LCT operations supporting the Eighth Army in North Africa, when ill-ventilated quarters made living aboard intolerably hot, through all major and most minor operations, LCT crews consolidated their reputation for delivering the goods.
	lct376.org /history.htm (1691 words)

	BBC - History - D-Day - The Untold Story
		These craft were used to ferry large numbers of vehicles to shore from Landing Ships, Tank (LSTs) standing off at sea with their bay doors open, disgorging cargo onto these low-to-the-water, shallow-draft barges, driven by outboard motors.
		Among the most interesting images is a collection of approximately eight vehicles, assumed to be tanks, at a considerable distance offshore along the eastern end of the survey area at Omaha Beach.
		Although not certain, these tanks are most likely the "DD", or Duplex Drive, amphibious tanks assigned to support the American Infantry in the first wave of the invasion, and lost on D-Day.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/archaeology/excavations_techniques/marine_dday_underwater_02.shtml (422 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: landing craft
		Various landing craft were used to transport equipment, supplies and soldiers to the D-Day landing beaches.
		LCT variant equipped with guns to attack German shore defenses.
		LCT variant equipped with rocket launchers to attack German shore defenses.
	www.sproe.com /l/landing-craft.html (126 words)

	NavSource Landing Craft Tank Photo Archive
		The MK5 had a bow ramp only in contrast to the MK6 which had both a bow and stern ramp and was 119 feet long with a beam of 32 feet and a displacement of 284 tons with a crew of 12.
		LCT / LSU / LCU-524 / Reclassified YFU-1
		LCT / LSU / LCU-529 / Reclassified YFU-2
	www.navsource.org /archives/10/18/18idx.htm (248 words)

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	The Boat That Sank Hitler
		It was Higgins whose miracles of design and production poured forth the thousands of ramp-fronted landing craft that altered forever the concept of the amphibious assault, both on the shores of Europe and on the island beaches of the Pacific war.
		So vital was Higgins to the war effort that "Higgins boat" became the generic name for the stubby but versatile landing craft, large and small, that ferried tanks, jeeps, troops and supplies from Allied transports to beaches under enemy fire.
		While a landing craft is obviously not the same as an aircraft carrier, the figure is nonetheless instructive.
	users.frii.com /dawog/vaq132/s20000531wwii_landing_craft.htm (1622 words)

	NEPTUNE (OVERLORD) Sunk and Damaged Ships & Craft
		To clarify the existing reports a complete summary of all casualties to ships and craft is submitted as enclosure (A).
		Lost is interpreted to mean ships or craft sunk or so badly damaged as to be not repairable.
		Some of the damaged craft may ultimately have to be classified as lost.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq109-4.htm (274 words)

	The Heritage Coast: Landing Craft
		Thousands of special ships and craft were assembled in the south coast ports of England to transport the largest invasion force ever gathered together to the shores of Normandy in June 1944.
		They could not beach directly, but they carried a number of smaller assault landing craft that could ferry soldiers to the beach.
		Some tanks (DD) were fitted with side screens to enable them to swim and others with high extended exhausts so that they could wade through deep water.
	www.theheritagecoast.co.uk /historyfile/portland_and_weymouth/d_day/landing_craft.htm (508 words)

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