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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-2262
 ex
 LCT(5)-262


LCT(5)-262 was transferred to Great Britain under terms of the lend-lease program for the duration of World War II
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down in September 1942 at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co. Memphis, TN.
  • Launched in October 1942
  • Delivered, 16 October 1942, and transferred to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease program for service, redesignated HM LCT-2262
  • Returned to US Naval custody, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946
  • 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. Ships' service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-262
    1018026201    		 522k LCT(5)-262 underway during a trial run, circa October 1942 at the Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co. Memphis, TN.
    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-262
    1018026202    		 478k
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