| |||||||
| General Forum for general World War 2 talk. Anything about WW2 that doesn't fit in any other category |
 |
| | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
22-11-2005, 04:09 PM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 3
 | Here is a picture my grandfather took of the ship he was stationed on, upon their landing in Nagasaki just a couple of days after the bombing. Can anyone identify this ship? Or can anyone direct me to a place that may help? Thanks!!! Greg  |
|  |
|
22-11-2005, 04:38 PM
| #2 (permalink) |
| Per Ardua Ad Astra   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Posts: 2,957
 | Looks to me like an LCT. I ran a search for LCT 845 and got the following: Built by: Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, Mo Keel Laid: 3 June 44 Launched: 6 July 44 Delivered: 13 July 44 She was an LCT Mark VI: * Displacement: 309 tons (landing) * Length: 119' * Beam: 32' * Draft: 3'7" forward, 4' aft (landing) * Speed: 8 knots * Armament: 2 20mm * Complement: 1 officer, 12 enlisted * Capacity: 4 medium or 3 50-ton tanks; or 150 tons cargo; accomodations for 8 troops * 3 Gray 225 hp diesels; triple screws
__________________  "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few" Sir Winston Chuchill, Summer 1940 "To him the people of Britain and the free world owe largely the way of life they enjoy today" Ensciption on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-1940) Statue in London Aircraft of World War 2 Forum - A Warbird Forum |
|
| |
|
« Previous Thread
|
Next Thread »
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| British Pow Losses On Italian Ship | Ralph B | War at Sea | 12 | 25-10-2008 11:31 AM |
| Classification of ship damage. | Peter Clare | War at Sea | 0 | 11-01-2008 07:49 PM |
| German Aircraft Carriers | paulyb102 | Battle Specifics | 20 | 26-03-2006 07:11 AM |
| German Flying Saucers (Nazi UFOS) | Panzerfaust | Weapons, Technology & Equipment | 86 | 06-03-2006 09:33 PM |
| British Pow Losses On Italian Ship | Ralph B | North Africa & the Med | 1 | 07-12-2005 06:45 PM |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:42 PM.
