World War II LCT History

Let there be built great ships which can cast upon a beach, in any weather, large numbers of the heaviest tanks.

--Winston Churchill

Links to pages on our site

Links to other LCT related sites

• Documents Various LCT related documents.

• The Evolution of the LCT

• Action Reports  A collection of action reports mostly relating to the Normandy invasion at this time.

• Stories  A collection of personal accounts from the officers and crew and other related stories.

• Flotillas This is still a work in progress. We hope to have a complete list of flotillas, groups and LCTs.

• Vignettes of a Time Long Passed  a online book about Mr. Harold Gerrish's personal experiences in WWII with the Maintenance Staff of LCT(5) Flotilla 10. 

• The LCT Real Video page A collection of LCT videos in the Real Video format.

• Books  A list of LCT related Books.

• NavSource Photo Archives: The most complete collection of LCT photos on the web.

• The oral history of Charles W. McDougall,
  Skipper of LCT 592 at Normandy.

• US LCT-1043  From the LST 996 web site which carried LCT 1043 to Bizerte, Africa and now carries it on the world wide web.

•  The oral history of M. Leon Canick, skipper of LCT 1350, who was in the landings on D-Day at both Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

• The Amphibians Came to Conquer  THE STORY OF ADMIRAL RICHMOND KELLY TURNER . A online version of the book, Compiled and formatted by Patrick Clancey .

• ACU ONE Command History  Post WW II LCT history as LCU's