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The LCT was an amphibious assault ship for
landing tanks on beachheads. Unarmored and lightly armed, the LCT was much
smaller than the LST which was capable of hauling and launching an LCT. Most
of the US LCTs were built in Kansas City, Kansas and floated downriver to
New Orleans, prompting the craft to be nicknamed "Prairie Ships." During
the Okinawa invasion one of these craft, LCT-876, was damaged by
suicide aircraft on April 3, 1945, with 2 crewmen wounded. |
