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HM LCT-2047
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 LCT(5)-47 (1942)


LCT(5)-47 was transferred under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5) Class:
  • Laid down, 18 August 1942, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS
  • Launched, 7 September 1942
  • Delivered, 12 September 1942
  • LCT(5)-47 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred, 9 November 1942, to to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease Act, redesignated HM LCT-2047
  • Returned, 2 December 1946, to the US State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Sold in June 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 285 t.(fl)
    Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 6"
    max.navigational 3' 6"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    10 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 2 1/2"
    gun shields 2"
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V. D.C. Ship's service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-47
    1018004701    		 310k LCT(5)-47 with LCT(5)-46 moored astern at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., on the Missouri River at Kansas City, KS. in September 1942.
    General Photographs of the Bureau of Ships, 1914-1946; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1222, 112 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Ships, Record Group 19; National Archives, Washington, D.C.     		David Upton
    LCT-47
    1018004702    		 354k
    LCT-47
    1018004703    		 303k
    LCT-46
    1018004606    		 365k
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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