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Re: LCVPs
Posted by: DanOdenweller ()
Date: April 24, 2007 07:55PM

LCVP's, like other U.S.Navy small craft did not have individual names. They were simply a boat number. Thus YFU-54 and LCU-1498, and your PA26-24.

PA26-24, which was the identification of the unit, represented the ship and boat number. As such, if lost, the replacement would still be PA26-24. Of course the two LCVP's would have individual numbers, so that LCV(P)42116 might be replaced by LCV(P)42117, again both would have been PA26-24.

Each boatbuilding establishment would be assigned a block of numbers, and then used them serially. As such, any given source should be serially numbered, but gaps between the blocks account for the skipped numbers.

Colberg has a website of ship and boat production, try Google for Colberg and see what comes up.


Dan B. Odenweller

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