The LCM-8 ("Mike Boat") is a river boat and mechanized landing craft used by the United States Navy and Army during the Vietnam War and subsequent operations. They are currently used by governments and private organizations throughout the world. The acronym stands for "Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8".

2025年1月27日 · The LCM-8 performs waterborne transportation of personnel, cargo and equipment during water terminal, waterborne tactical and joint amphibious, riverine or Joint Logistics-Over-The-Shore...

2022年11月14日 · It’s set to replace the Army’s less-capable Vietnam-era Landing Craft Mechanized-8 (LCM-8), which is nearing the end of its service life. And it’s getting ready to enter service as the Army...

2022年10月12日 · The MSV(L) will replace the Landing Craft Mechanized-8, (LCM-8,) a Vietnam-era watercraft that is unable to transport some of today's equipment due to the weight of modern combat vehicles.

2017年9月28日 · The Army is replacing its fleet of LCM-8 boats. The Oregon-based company Vigor Works won a nearly billion-dollar contract to build the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light).

The design for the MSV(L) was developed in partnership with BMT following a detailed study of the Army's unique needs and the available design options fulfill those needs. It dramatically improves the current LCM-8 and provides the optimal combination of performance, operational flexibility and life-cycle cost while maintaining the reliability ...

2013年10月23日 · The Defense Department is auctioning a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM-8) boat, used exclusively by the U.S. Army, via its online auction site Government Liquidation (www.GovLiquidation.com). The landing craft, manufactured for the Army by Marinette Marine, was used by amphibious forces to transport cargo, vehicles and troops from assault ships ...

This Research Technical Memorandum describes the methods and equipment used to launch a landing craft (L,CM-8) from a height of approximately 20 feet above the surface of the water at an angle of 1Z-1/2 degrees.

The Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) was used in Army and Joint combat, stability, and support to civil authority operations for over 50 years. The LCM is the Army’s smallest, most practical capability to conduct operational maneuver within the littorals to achieve tactical

2022年4月6日 · U.S. Army: The MSV(L) will replace the Army’s Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM-8). It will provide inter- and intra-theater transportation of personnel and materiel, delivering cargo from advanced bases and deep-draft strategic sealift ships to harbors, inland waterways, remote and unimproved beaches and coastlines, and denied or degraded ports.