Sailors in an LCT at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, June 3, 2024 (WLUK/Eric Peterson) TOPICS: Manitowoc LCT Exhibit Wisconsin Maritime Museum World War Two D-Day Landing craft Steve ...

A copy of the top secret plan for the liberation of the Channel Islands from Nazi occupation at the end of World War Two will ...

“On June 6, 1944, James crossed the English Channel aboard a Navy LCT [landing craft tank] to deliver tanks and troops on the beaches of Normandy,” DeSantis said as he presented the award.

As an intermediate step between this small boat and the ocean-going LST, the Navy designed a 100-ft. LCT (Landing Craft, Tank), which can be carried to zones of operation on the deck of an LST or ...