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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(CB)-2337
 ex
 LCT(5)-337


LCT(5)-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
  • Transferred, 13 November 1942, to the United Kingdom, under the Lend-Lease program, redesignated HM LCT(CB)-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
  • Final Disposition, abandoned at Omaha Beach, 20 July 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date 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. Ships' service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCI(L)-92 99k The stern of the wrecked HM LCT(CB)-2337 is in the right foreground.as well as a section of floating dock; at left, is the USS LCI(L)-92 and LCT(5)-199. In the background USS LST-543 is being battered by the surf, somewhere along the coast of France, June 21, 1944.
    US Signal Corps photo # SC 193919    		 James Mateyack
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