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 ONI 226 |
| Tonnage | 9 tons light displacement |
| Dimensions | 36'10" by 10'6" by 3'0" 11.23m by 3.20m by 0.91m |
| Maximum speed | 9 knots |
| Crew |
3 |
| Armament |
2 0.30 machine
guns |
| Capacity | 36 troops or 4 tons
cargo or 2 small trucks
or 1 light tank |
| Machinery |
1-shaft diesel (225 hp) |
| Bunkerage |
180 gallons 681 liters |
| Range |
105 nautical miles at 11
knots 194 km at 11 knots |
| Variants |
The LCV (Landing Craft,
Vehicle) was
slightly smaller at 7 tons light displacement and had an
operation
radius of 69 nautical miles (128 km) at 11 knots. It
otherwise closely
resembled the LCVP. |
Landing Craft, Vehicles and Personnel, or LCVPs, were
shallow-draft,
boxy-looking boats capable of landing 36 troops or a couple of
small
vehicles or a tank. They
were not oceangoing and had to be carried to the invasion area by an
oceangoing
vessel and loaded
offshore. Exact specifications varied considerably.
The earliest mass production version was the LCV,
which
introduced a bow ramp that eliminated the need to disembark over
the
sides that characterized earlier landing craft, such as the LCPL. However, the LCV had a prominent
raised control station for the pilot that left him highly exposed
to
enemy fire. The LCVP, which replaced the LCV starting in November
1942,
closely resembled the LCV but had a superior arrangement that left
the
crew much less exposed.
The following table gives total production. About 36% of
this
was
allocated to the Pacific until the final year of the war, when
most of
the amphibious fleet began to be shifted to the Pacific.
| Year |
LCV |
LCVP |
|---|---|---|
| 1940-1941
|
110 |
0 |
| 1942-1 to
1942-6 |
446 |
0 |
| 1942-7 |
173 |
0 |
| 1942-8 |
382 |
0 |
|
1942-9 |
255 |
0 |
|
1942-10 |
166 |
0 |
|
1942-11 |
254 |
75 |
| 1942-12 |
215 |
140 |
| 1943-1 |
180 |
205 |
| 1943-2 |
73 |
319 |
| 1943-3 |
6 |
655 |
| 1943-4 |
1 |
405 |
| 1943-5 |
14 |
416 |
| 1943-6 |
29 |
567 |
| 1943-7 |
35 |
1073 |
| 1943-8 |
24 |
812 |
| 1943-9 |
2 |
943 |
| 1943-10 |
1 |
836 |
| 1943-11 |
0 |
921 |
| 1943-12 |
0 |
875 |
| 1944-1 |
0 |
833 |
| 1944-2 |
0 |
932 |
| 1944-3 |
0 |
811 |
| 1944-4 |
0 |
744 |
| 1944-5 |
0 |
792 |
| 1944-6 |
0 |
792 |
| 1944-7 |
0 |
760 |
| 1944-8 |
0 |
712 |
| 1944-9 |
0 |
709 |
| 1944-10 |
0 |
696 |
| 1944-11 |
0 |
753 |
| 1944-12 |
0 |
756 |
| 1945-1 |
0 |
808 |
| 1945-2 |
0 |
837 |
| 1945-3 |
0 |
913 |
| 1945-4 |
0 |
816 |
| 1945-5 |
0 |
910 |
| 1945-6 |
0 |
676 |
| 1945-7 |
0 |
559 |
| 1945-8 |
0 |
307 |
 ONI 226 |
References
Dunnigan
and Nofi (1998)
Friedman (2002)
Leighton
and
Coakley (1955)
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