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HM LCT-2627
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 LCT(6)-627 (1943)


LCT(6)-627 was transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease Act
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, November 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, December 1943
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-627 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred, 21 January 1944, to to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease Act, redesignated HM LCT-2627
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 9"
    maximum navigation 5'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    12 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 20lbs
    gun shields 10lbs
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    two Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V. D.C.
    three propellers, 675shp
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