YFU 9 reverted to LCU 666 on 1 Jan 1962; LCU 1459 converted to YLLC 4; changes reflect employment as general cargo craft assigned to shore commands. By 1971 these are the last 25 Utility Landing Craft: LCU 501 series, out of 965 still active. By 1974 all are either stricken or transferred under Military Aid Programs. Some still may have been ...

During World War II LCT(6)-666 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign: Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns Invasion of Normandy , 6 to 25 June 1944

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Commissioned USS LST-666, 16 May 1944, at Ambridge, PA., LT. John H. Reid, USNR, in command. LST Group Twenty-Two, CDR. E.H.Pope, USN; One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck.

LCTs were the Navys all purpose general duty vessel. Besides carrying tanks ashore they were used for many different purposes. Some were converted and equiped with guns, others with rockets, while still others served as minesweepers. 26 MK5s were designated LCT (A), armored.

2015年5月4日 · Landing Craft, Tank - LCT(6) 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.

A total of 1,435 Landing Craft, Tank, or LCTs, were built in WWII by 5 shipyards and 8 steel fabricators. The LCT (5) design, of which 470 were built, was 114 feet in length overall and 133 tons in light displacement: the later LCT (6) design, of which 965 were built, was 120 feet in length overall and 143 tons in light displacement.

YFU 9 reverted to LCU 666 on 1 Jan 1962; LCU 1459 converted to YLLC 4; changes reflect employment as general cargo craft assigned to shore commands. The Official home page of the LCT flotillas of world war II .History, photos, personal accounts and reunion news.

2010年2月7日 · LCT Mk 6 . 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).

A US Navy LCT Mk.V, LCT 666. Show more. Object Details. Category Photographs Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (content) Catalogue number HU 65366 Part of CLARKE R (MR) Our collections information. We have over a million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished.