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HM LCT-2048
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 LCT(5)-48 (1942)


LCT(5)-48 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, 22 August1942, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS
  • Launched, 7 September 1942
  • Delivered, 30 September 1942
  • LCT(5)-48 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred, 16 December 1942, to to the United Kingdom, under terms of the Lend-Lease Act, redesignated HM LCT-2048
  • 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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    1018004801    		 376k LCT(5)-48 launching, 7 September 1942, and fitting out the next few days at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., on the Missouri River at Kansas City, KS.
    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
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    1018004804    		 311k LCT(5)-48 underway probably while running builders trials in September 1942 on the Missouri River near Kansas City, KS.
    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
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