LCT Mk 6-- Landing Craft, Tank
LSU 501 class/LCU 501 class/YFU class 1
965 where built during World War II
LCT 501 the first Mk 6
The following is from Jane's Fighting Ships 1970-1971 & 1972-1973
965 where built during World War II
The following is from Jane's Fighting Ships 1970-1971 & 1972-1973
CLASSIFICATION Originally rated as Landing Craft, Tank (LCT(6)) re-designated (Utility Landing Ships, LSU) in 1949 to reflect varied employment; designation changed to (Utility Landing Craft, LCU) on 15 April 1952 and classified as service craft.
WAR LOSSES. LCT(6) 548, 579,582, 593, 597,612, 714, 777.823, 961,963, 983,984, 988, 998.
DISPOSALS AND TRANSFERS
LCT(6) 555,703 stricken in 1944 and scrapped: LCT(6) 627,629 transferred to Britain on 21 Jan 1944; 30 units expended as target ships in 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests; LCU 1460 lost at sea in 1952; LCU 815 stricken in 1956: LCU 569,676,767,1258,1288,1362,1447. 1453,1454 stricken in 1957; LCU 638,700, 779,1174,1225,1271, 1278 stricken in 1958; LCU 1538 stricken in 1959; LCU 1212,1244,1367, 1429 transferred under Military Aid Programs in 1959
Formerly LCT(6) 501 - 1465 series; built in 1943-1944. LCUs 1273.1330. 1363,1452,1463. and 1374 modified for Arctic service in 1948-1949. LCU 524, 529, 550, 562, 592, 600, 629, 664, 666, 668, 677,686,742, 764,776, 788, 840, 869, 877, 960, 973, 974, 979, 980, 1056, 1082, 1086, 1124, 1136, 1156, 1159, 1162 1195, 1224, 1236, 1250, 1283, 1286, 1363, 1376, 1378, 1384, 1386, 1398, 1411 and 1430 reclassified as Y F U 1 through 46, respectively, on 18 May 1958; LCU 1040 reclassified YFB 82 on 18 May 1958; LCU 1446 reclassified YFU 53 in 1964; LCU 509, 637, 646, 709, 716, 776, 851, 916 .973, 989,1126, 1165, 1203, 1232,1385, and 1388 reclassified as YFU 54 through 69. respectively, on 1 March 1966; LCU 780 reclassified as YFU 87. YFU 9 reverted to LCU 666 on 1 Jan 1962; LCU 1459 converted to YLLC 4; changes reflect employment as general cargo craft assigned to shore commands.
By 1971 these are the last 25 Utility Landing Craft: LCU 501 series, out of 965 still active. By 1974 all are either stricken or transferred under Military Aid Programs. Some still may have been active as YFU's.
LCU539 LCU660 LCU768 LCU1045 LCU1387 LCU588 LCU666 LCU780 LCU1124 LCU1430 LCU599 LCU667 LCU803 LCU1241 LCU1451 LCU608 LCU674 LCU871 LCU1348 LCU1462 LCU654 LCU742 LCU893 LCU1348
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The Deck plan for the LCT Mk 6
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| Hull Dimensions Length | 119 ft.1in. in. |
| Hull Dimensions Beam | 32 ft.8 in. |
| Displacement | 284 tons (short tons)* |
| Draught forward | 40 in. |
| Loads carried (max tons) | 150 tons (short tons)* |
| Crew | 12 |
| Engine make | Gray |
| Horse power | 225 |
| Number & Type | 3 Diesel |
| Props | 3 |
| Max speed | 7 knots |
| Range in miles | 700 at 7 knots |
| Armour in the wheelhouse | 20 lb. |
| Armour in the gunshields | 10 lb ? |
| Armament | 2- 20 mm antiaircraft gun ** |
| Armament | up to 4 - 50 cal. machine guns ** |
* Short ton = 2000 lbs U.S. Long ton = 2240 lbs Great Britain
** Armament varied depending on theater of operation
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