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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-2306
 ex
 LCT(5)-306


LCT(5)-306 was transferred to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-Lease Act for the duration of World War II
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down in October 1942 at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched in November 1942
  • LCT(5)-306 never saw active service with the US Navy
  • Delivered and transferred, 24 November 1942, to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease program, redesignated HM LCT-2306
  • 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. Ships' service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-306
    1018030601    		 486k HM LCT-2306with two Centaur tanks and a Churchill bridgelaying tank heading for Juno Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944. Note the LCT(R) firing rockets. Photo Canadian National Archive.
    Canadian National Archive image, scanned from "Remembering D-Day: personal Histories of Everyday Heroes", by Martin W. Bowman, In association with Imperial War Museum.    		 Robert Hurst
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