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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-12 / LCT-2012


LCT-12 was lend-lease to the UK
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5) Class:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc WI.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered (date unknown)
  • LCT-12 never saw service with the US Navy
  • Transferred to Great Britain redesignated LCT-2012
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 286 short tons
    Length 114' 2" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft 3'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 13
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 2 .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 675 per shaft
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    LCT-12
    LCT-12 74k Five LCTs, plus others on the building ways, are tied up at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc WI. LCT-12 and LCT-14 are identifiable, date unknown. Submitted by Larry Bohn, courtesy of Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI.
    LCT-2012
    LCT-12 49k LCT-2012 moored pierside, date and place unknown. Courtesy Tony Chapman
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