2004年6月27日 · LCT Mk 5-- Landing Craft, Tank Last updated: June 27, 2004. Feedback: corrections, additions, and comments are welcome! Mk 5 Schematics Click here for a larger view. Another view. Pilothouse Crew Quarters

The Landing Craft, Tank (LCT) (or tank landing craft, TLC) [1] [2] was an amphibious assault craft for landing tanks on beachheads. They were initially developed by the Royal Navy and later by the United States Navy during World War II in a series of versions.

2024年6月6日 · By early 1942, this led to the LCT Mark 5 (reclassed later as LCT-5). This was 117-foot (36 m) craft, so much shorter than previous British designs. It could still accommodate five 30-ton or four 40-ton tanks, or up to 150 tons of cargo.

2015年5月4日 · Landing Craft, Tank - LCT(5) Most recent update: May 4, 2015. A total of 1,435 Landing Craft, Tank, or LCTs, were built in WWII by 5 shipyards and 8 steel fabricators.

LCT(5) Flotilla 18 at Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944 Introduction: In this pursuit of history, we learn to question every source of information. And we are advised to seriously question the oral histories that are the popular basis for D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose. We’re better advised to be skeptical even of action reports and consider the ...

lct是美国海军舰艇序列中拥有正式舷号的最小舰艇，以lct—数字编号命名。 它也是运输船和登陆舰能够搭载的最大型登陆艇。 LCT（5）：长34.8米宽9.8米，前部吃水0.9米后部吃水1.2米。

LCT Mk 5. From the Bureau of Ships Navy Department. Ships data , U.S. Naval Vessels. April 15, 1945. Feedback: corrections, additions, and comments are welcome!. Click on "LCT-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available).

During World War II LCT(5)-182 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCT Flotilla Five, LCDR. Paul A Wells; LCT Group Fifteen; LCT Division Twenty-Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

On February 1, 1943 in the afternoon, one of two Landing Craft Tank (LCT) including LCT(5)-181 were being escorted by USS De Haven (DD-469) that was sunk by dive bombers. Afterwards, rescued survivors from the destroyer then transferred to USS Fletcher (DD-445).

战争结束后所有现存的lct（5）都被弃用，可能是因为它们很难跟lct（6）一样派上用场。 然而战后的第一个LCT坦克登陆艇设计，即LCU（Landing Craft Utility）通用登陆艇（LCU-1466级），改回了LCT（5）的封闭艉部设计。