USS LCT-21
American Landing craft
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| Name | USS LCT-21 | ||
| Type: | Landing craft (LCT Mk.5) | ||
| Tonnage | 255 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp, Manitowoc WI | ||
| Owner | United States Navy | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 1 Jan 1943 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-73 (Horst Deckert) | ||
| Position | 35° 45'N, 0° 45'W - Grid CH 8432 | ||
| Complement | 11 officers and men (11 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | UGS-3 | ||
| Route | On Arthur Middleton | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in October 1942 | ||
| Notes on event | USS LCT-21 was on transfer from the USA to the Mediterranean aboard the Arthur Middleton and was lost on 1 Jan 1943, when this ship was sunk by U-73 in convoy UGS-3 off Oran, Algeria. | ||
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