List of LCTs lost during World War II

 

 

Air ... sunk by air attack or aircraft

Amphib ... sunk in amphibious operations

Explosion ... sunk by explosion of undetermined origin

Weather ... foundered in heavy weather

LCT Number

Action

Location Of Loss

Date

19

Air

Off Salerno

July 14,1943

21

Explosion

Off Oran

January 1,1943

23

Explosion

Algiers

May 3,1943

25

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6,1944

26

Weather

Gaeta Gulf, Italy

February 25, 1944

27

Grounding

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

28

Mine

Mediterranean

May 30, 1943

30

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

35

Air

Off Anzio

February 15,1944

36

Grounding

Off Naples

February 26, 1944

71

Weather

Gulf of Alaska

September 11, 1943

147

Grounding

Off Normandy France

June 1944

154

Amphib ??

Sicily Strait

August 31, 1943

175

Weather

Off Merir Island

February 21, 1945

182

Weather

Solomon Islands

August 7, 1944

185

Weather

Off Bizerte

January 24, 1944

196

Weather

Off Salerno

September 27, 1943

197

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

200

Amphib ??

Off Normandy France

June 1944

208

Grounding

Off Algeria

June 20, 1943

209

Grounding

Off Normandy France

June 10, 1944

215

Amphib ??

Off Salerno

1943

220

Weather

Off Anzio

February 13, 1944

241

Air

Off Salerno

September 15, 1943

242

Torpedo

Off Naples

December 2, 1943

244

Amphib ??

Off Normandy France

June 1944

253

Weather

On passage to Tarawa

January 21, 1945

293

Weather

English Channel

October 11, 1944

294

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

305

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

311

Weather

Off Bizerte

August 9, 1943

315

Explosion

Eniwetok

March 23, 1944

319

Grounding

Kiska

August 27, 1943

332

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

340

Weather

Sicily Strait

February 20, 1944

342

Grounding

Off Salerno

September 29, 1943

362

Weather

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

364

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

366

Weather

South of Kodiak Island

September 9, 1943

413

Amphib ??

Off Normandy France

June 1944

458

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

459

Grounding

Off W. France

October 9, 1944

486

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 7, 1944

496

Gunfire

English Channel

November 1943

548

Weather

Portsmouth England

November 1944

555

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

572

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 1944

579

Mine

Off Palau

October 4, 1944

582

Grounding

Azores

January 22, 1944

593

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

597

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

612

Gunfire

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

703

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

713

Amphib ??

Off Normandy France

June 1944

714

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 1944

777

Mine

Off Normandy France

June 6, 1944

823

Grounding

Off Palau

September 27, 1944

961

Explosion

Pearl Harbor

May 21,1944

963

Explosion

Pearl Harbor

May 21,1944

983

Explosion

Pearl Harbor

May 21,1944

984

Weather

Off Hawaii

May 15, 1944

988

Weather

Off Hawaii

May 15, 1944

1029

Grounding

Iwo Jima

March 2, 1945

1075

Air

Off Leyte

December 10, 1944

1090

Amphib ??

Off Luzon

March 26, 1945

1151

Amphib ??

Off New Guinea

January 26, 1945

1358

Grounding

Off Calif.

May 4, 1945

 

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