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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-337 / LCT(CB)-2337


LCT-337 was transferred under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down in June 1942 at Decatur Iron & Steel Co., Decatur, AL.
  • Launched in August 1942
  • Delivered in August 1942 and transferred to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease program for service, redesignated LCT-2337 (Concrete Buster)
  • HM LCT(CB)-2337, Sub Lieutenant R. W. Rawlings RNVR, in command, participated in the Invasion of Normandy at Sword Beach, 6 June 1944
  • Abandoned at Omaha Beach, 20 July 1944
  • 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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    LCI(L)-92 99k LCI(L)-92 on Omaha Beach, D-Day, 6 June 1944. The actual caption of the photos reads "The stern of the wrecked LCT 2337, is shown, and a section of floating dock in the foreground; left, is the US LCI 92. Right, is the LCT 199 and in the background LST 543 is being battered by the surf, somewhere along the coast of France, June 21, 1944."
    US Coast Guard photo # SC 193919    		 James Mateyack
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