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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-432 / LCT-2432


LCT-432 was lend-lease to the UK
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, circa August 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, circa August 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, circa September 1942
  • LCT-432 saw no active service with the US Navy
  • Transferred Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom
  • 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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    LCT-2432
    LCT-432/LCT-433 42k LCT-2432 and LCT-2433 beached, date and place unknown.. Courtesy Tony Chapman
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