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HM LCT(A)-2272
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 HM LCT-2272 (1942 - 1944)
 LCT(5)-272 (1942)


LCT-272 was transferred under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down in September 1942 at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Levenworth, KS.
  • Launched in October 1942
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom, 10 February 1943, under the Lend-Lease program for Mediterranean Theater service, redesignated HM LCT-2272
  • Armor plating added in early 1944 in the United Kingdom prior to the Normandy Invasion, redesignated LCT(A)-2272
  • For the Invasion of Normandy HM LCT(A)-2272 was assigned to the 104th LCT Flotilla of ‘O’ LCT Squadron out of Brixham for Normandy....the craft intended for dispersal across TARE and UNCLE sectors of UTAH beach
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, circa 1946, broken up at Poole England
    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. Ships' service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-272 75k LCT(A)-2272 beached on Gold Beach, Normandy, circa June 1944. Robin Fowler for her father Sub-lieut. Leslie Tom Fowler CO LCT-2130
    LCT-272 55k LCT(A)-2272 at Den Helder, The Netherlands, to load German POWS for repatriation. They were transported to Harlingen, The Netherlands, and from there they walked back to Germany. Ron Rijkers
    LCT-272 23k LCT(A)-2272 under way one last time after decommissioning enroute to a mud berth at Poole, England, where she was scrapped in 1946. Robin Fowler for her father Sub-lieut. Leslie Tom Fowler CO LCT-2130
    LCT-272 23k
    There is no history record for LCT(5)-272 / LCT-2272 / LCT(A)-2272 available at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    LCT(A)s at Normandy on D-Day
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    Last Updated 5 January 2018