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Landing Craft Tank LCT-1446
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-53
LCT (Mark 6) Class Landing Craft Tank / YFU-,Harbor Utility Craft: Launched (place and date unknown); Delivered (date unknown); Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft (YFU-53) 18 May 1956; Final Dispostion, sold 1 July 1977 by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping.
Specifications: Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl); Length 119' 1" (o.a.); Beam 32' 8"; Draft 5'; (max); Speed 10kts; Range 700 nautical miles at 7kts; Complement 14; Cargo Capacity 150 short tons; Armament 2 single 20mm AA gun mounts, 4 .50 cal. machine guns; Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield; Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft.
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There is no record of LCT-1446 Located at the World War II Landing Craft Tanks Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The Official Home Page of the World War II LCT Flotillas
The Tin Armada: Saga of the LCT World War II LCT history
Post WWII History of the LCT/LCU
ACU-1 Command History
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