LCT 886, heavily damaged while attempting to lands it breaching team at le Hamel, and which eventually drifted ashore near WN-36. A hedgehog obstacle, with shell still attached, can be seen on the beach at the left.

During World War II LCT(6)-886 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater: LCT Flotilla Flotilla Thirty-Three, LCDR. F.M. Wiseman USNR; LCT Group Ninety-Eight, LT. R.A. Breglio USNR; Placed out of service, date unknown Final Disposition, fate unknown

The only LCT identifible is LCT-173. She was a MK5 manufactured by Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, MA. and transported via rail to Mare Island for assembly. Her keel was laid 20 October 1942 and she was launched and placed in service 5 November 1942.

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.

The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others.

775 Landing Craft Tanks (798 names) of the LCT (Mk 4) class. 40 of them were lost. Strikeout means that ship was cancelled (not finished) - not counted in class figures. See all Landing Craft Tank classes.

This list represents the Flotillas and Groups at specific times during the War and is not complete. Some inconsistencies and errors are inevitable. The LCT Flotillas of WWII reunion group encourage vets to supply us with updated information on their LCTs, Flotillas and Groups.

All U.S. Navy Landing Craft of World War II, listed by type and class, with descriptions and links to individual pages.

CLASSIFICATION Originally rated as Landing Craft, Tank (LCT(6)) re-designated (Utility Landing Ships, LSU) in 1949 to reflect varied employment; designation changed to (Utility Landing Craft, LCU) on 15 April 1952 and classified as service craft. WAR LOSSES. LCT(6) 548, 579,582, 593, 597,612, 714, 777.823, 961,963, 983,984, 988, 998.

US LCT-1043 From the LST 996 web site which carried LCT 1043 to Bizerte, Africa and now carries it on the world wide web. The oral history of M. Leon Canick, skipper of LCT 1350, who was in the landings on D-Day at both Iwo Jima and Okinawa.