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LCM224 landing craft (1943-1945/1955-1975)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

50 craft with numbers including

LCM224-227

LCM229

LCM231-234

LCM237

LCM239, 240

LCM249

LCM255, 256

LCM259

USA: 50 craft

1944-1945 // 1955: 1 craft

1944-1945 // 1971-1973: 13 craft

1944-1945 // 1973-1975: 12 craft

1944-1945 // 11.1975: 24 craft

unknown

none

1991-1994: 39 craft

in service (2019): 11 craft


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

25
Displacement full, t56
Length, m

17.1
Breadth, m

4.33
Draught, m

1.17
No of shafts2
Machinerydiesels
Power, h. p.450
Max speed, kts

9
Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)130(9)
Armament2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load

1 tank or 60 troops or 30.8 t of cargo
Complement5


Project history

Former USN LCM(6) type.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

None.