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Landing Craft Tank
HM LCT-2042
 ex
 LCT(5)-42


LCT(5)-42 was Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5) Class:
  • Laid down, 7 July 1942, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS
  • Launched, 29 August 1942
  • Delivered, 4 September 1942
  • LCT(5)-42 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred, 15 October 1942, to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease program, redesignated HM LCT-2042
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946
  • Returned, 13 February 1946, to the War Shipping Administration
  • Sold, 20 October 1947
  • 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. Ship's service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-42
    1018004204    		 377k LCT(5)-42 on the builder's ways at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS., circa July-August 1942.
    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-42
    1018004202    		 388k LCT(5)-42 on the Missouri River after launching, 29 August 1942, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS.
    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-42
    1018004205    		 367k LCT(5)-42 and LCT(5)-40 underway on the Missouri River near their builder's yard, Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS. in August 1942.
    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-42
    1018004201    		 382k LCT(5)-42 and LCT(5)-41 tied up at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS., circa August-Septmber 1942.
    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-42
    1018004203    		 378k
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