Notable events involving LCT 947 include: 15 Sep 1944 Operation Tradewind. This operation was an amphibious landing on Morotai. Forces involved. Task Force 77. The force flagship was the Amphibious Force Command Ship USS Wasatch (T/Capt. A.M. Granum, USN, flying the flag of T/Rear-Admiral D.E. Barbey, USN.

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.

LCT (6)-947 earned two battle stars for World War II service Final Disposition, fate unknown Specifications: Displacement 143 to 160 t. (lt), 309 to 320 t. (fl)

The first LCT Mark 1 was launched by Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn on Tyne, in November 1940. It was designed to land three of the heaviest tanks (40t) then envisaged for the British Army in 2 ft 6ins of water on a 1:35 gradient beach. The load capacity was three 40-ton tanks, six 25-ton tanks or six 16-ton tanks.

Click on "LCT-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available). All U.S. Navy Landing Craft of World War II, listed by type and class, with descriptions and links to individual pages.

In June 1944, the British LCT-947, built in 1943 by Tees Side Bridge & Engineering Works and owned at the time of her loss by British Royal Navy, was lost in Normandy, France. In 1509 when Henry VIII was crowned he realised the growing navel power of King James IV of Scots.

With the ramp blocked by ‘Dunbar’ and treatment being given to the badly wounded, LCT 947 was forced to withdraw from the beach and return to the UK with her remaining tanks still on board.

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.

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2022年4月18日 · Combined Operations Pilotage Parties carried out a number of operations on the day of the Normandy D-Day landings in June 1944. Among the men involved were Ian Mackenzie and Ted Gray, both from COPP 6, who together provided pilotage from on board Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 947. Ian Mackenzie.