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Friday, 15 April 2016

American preliminary tank lighter design dated December 1941


A design of a so-called Landing Craft Mechanised with the tank deck located above the waterline. Displacement 23,00 (without tanks)-49,78 (loaded) tons and as dimensions 49,5 (over all) x 15,75 x 7,0 (depth) x 3,33 (loaded draught) x 3,67 (freeboard) feet. Horsepower 450 hp with an estimated speed of 8,6 knots. Estimated loaded GM 2,97 feet. Length of tank deck 4,1 feet which was 1’4” above the waterline. Width of ramp an narrowest point 10 feet.

Source Spring Styles Book 1939-1944 S511-48.