USS LCT-242

USS LCT-242 was a Landing Craft Tank, Mark V landing craft built for the United States Navy in World War II. Like most of the ships of her type, she was not named and known only by her designation.

History
United States
Name:	USS LCT-242
Builder:	Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Works Memphis, Tennessee[1]
Laid down:	September 1942
Launched:	September 1942
Completed:	September 1942
Commissioned:	September 1942
Fate:	Sunk by torpedo off Naples
General characteristics
Class and type:	LCT (Mark V)
Displacement:	286 short tons
Length:	114 ft 2 in (34.80 m)
Beam:	32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
Draft:	3 ft (0.9 m)
Propulsion:	3 × Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, 675 shp/shaft
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h)
Range:	700 nmi @ 7 knots (1,300 km @ 13 km/h)
Capacity:	Cargo, 150 short tons
Complement:	13
Armament:	1 × 20 mm AA guns 2 × M2 Browning machine guns
Armor:	2.5 inches (6.4 cm), wheelhouse 2 inches (5.1 cm), gun shield

LCT-242 was built at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Works in Memphis, Tennessee and delivered in September 1942.[1]

She was assigned to the European Theatre as a part of LCT Flotilla 10 in the Mediterranean.

On 2 December 1943, a circling torpedo impacted and sank LCT-242 off Naples.[2]

References

1. Colton, Tim. "Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Works, Memphis TN, WWII Construction Record". Colton Company. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
2. Cressman, Robert (2000). "Chapter V: 1943". The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-149-3. OCLC 41977179. Retrieved 2007-12-03.

• Priolo, Gary P. (2005-05-20). "Landing Craft Tank LCT-242". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2007-12-03.

External links

• Photo gallery of LCT-242 at NavSource Naval History
• LCT assembly line at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Works, c. 1944