Allied Warships

USS LCT 242 (LCT 242)

Landing craft tank of the LCT (Mk 5) class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLanding craft tank
ClassLCT (Mk 5) 
PennantLCT 242 
Built byPidgeon-Thomas Iron Co. (Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid downAug 1942 
LaunchedSep 1942 
CommissionedSep 1942 
Lost2 Dec 1943 
History

Sunk by a circling torpedo off Naples, Italy

 

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