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 · The Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) or LCT(R) emerged for the idea of equipping now aging Mk.2 and Mk.3 Landing Craft Tank (LCT) in 1943 to bring massive, close fire support, saturating beach defences with either 972 or 1,044 rockets befire even any landing.

70 Landing Craft Tanks (73 names) of the LCT (Mk 2) class. 21 of them were lost. Strikeout means that ship was cancelled (not finished) - not counted in class figures. See all Royal Navy Landing Craft Tank classes.

Classification. The earlier craft of this series were initially designated as Utility Landing ships (LSU) ; redesignated Utility Landing craft (LCU) on 15 April 1952 and classified as service craft. These are enlarged versions of the World War II built LCT Mk 5s ; …

LCT 147 is an amphibious assault ship for landing tanks, other vehicles and troops on beachheads. Built in 1941 by Stockton Construction, Thornaby-on-Tees, the Mark 2 LCT 147 took part in the Invasion of North Africa in June 1943. The ship was converted to a Landing Craft Rocket at Portsmouth Dockyard from March through May 1943 and renamed LCT ...

73 Mk 2 LCTs were under construction as the prototype mark ones saw their first blistering action during the British evacuation from Greece and Crete early in 1941. As Churchill anticipated, the LCTs play a key role in saving much of the armored equipment that would soon served them well in …

lct并没有安装拖曳设备，但是海军舰队要求为它增设一套。在南太平洋战区，lct们将可以被拖曳到最大700英里（约608海里，约1127千米）远的距离以参加两栖突击行动——它们的正常航程为1200海里/7节，尽管这一航程很少被利用过。

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.

Increased version of LCT(1) type. Hull could been disassembled on 4 parts for transportation on large distances. LCT173 - 299 were cancelled 4.4.1941. Modernizations. 2 LCT were converted to AA ships of LCF(2) type: Many LCT were converted to rocket ships LCT(R) with data as follows: 3200m rocket range was fixed. Naval service

The Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) or LCT (R) was developed from the British Mk.2 and Mk.3 Landing Craft Tank (LCT) during the Second World War. It was designed to saturate beaches with either 972 or 1,044 [1] rockets prior to the landing of troops.