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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

 

LCM(3) landing craft, mechanized (1942-1945)

LCM(3)

 

Names

TKL9-28

TKL398-437

TKL455-474

TKL546, 547

TKL810-834

TKL839-852

TKL873-912

TKL944-1004 and 27 others

LCM(3)4629-4678

LCM(3)4754-4814

LCM(3)7350-7424

LCM(3)7960-7999

LCM(3)8197-8273

LCM(3)8350-8459

LCM(3)11956-12680

LCM(3)14270-14369

LCM(3)14402-14441

LCM(3)14844-14918

LCM(3)18186-18385

LCM(3)18486-18560

LCM(3)21061-21309

LCM(3)24174

LCM(3)24435-24641

LCM(3)27992-30781

LCM(3)35952-35991

LCM(3)46330-49104

LCM(3)51721-52329

LCM(3)52350-52497

LCM(3)52798-52849

LCM(3)52988-53537

LCM(3)68969-69888 (part of)

LCM(3)74389-77388 (part of) (at all 8631 built)

Builders

Higgins: LCM(3)4629-4678, 7960-7999, 8350-8459, TKL9

W. A. Robinson: LCM(3)11956-11980

Drier Steel & Brewer DD: LCM(3)11981-12130

Walsh-Steers: LCM(3)12131-12280, 12581-12680

Beth Wilmington: LCM(3)12281-12580, 14270-14369

Boston N Yd: LCM(3)18186-18335

Norfolk N Yd: LCM(3)18336-18385

Charleston N Yd: LCM(3)18486-18560

American C & F: TKL398-437, 873-912

Commissioned

1942: 1255 units

1943: 3765 units

1944: 3360 units

1945: 71 units

Losses

 

Transfers

 

Discarding

 

 

Displacement standard, t

24

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

1.37

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

330

Max speed, kts

8 (loaded)

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

140(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

1 tank or 60 troops or 27 t of cargo

Complement

4

   

Project history: Landing craft, mechanized.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: None.

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