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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-2150
 ex
 LCT(5)-150


LCT(5)-150 was transferred Lend-Lease to the UK
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5) Class:
  • Laid down, 31 August 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 29 September 1942
  • Delivered, 24 October 1942
  • LCT(5)-150 never served with the US Navy
  • Transferred, 29 January 1943, to Great Britain under the lend-lease program, redesignated HM LCT-2150
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Returned, 2 December 1946, to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown

    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-150
    1018015001    		 466k LCT(5)-150 underway probably during trials on the Mississippi River near Quincy IL., circa October 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
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