Mark 7 Landing craft tank




uss lsm-437 underway


so successful mk.6 naval architects ordered draw plans larger lct, mark 7, have troop-carrying accommodations mk.6 lacked. design evolved, more emphasis placed on speed , range long pacific transits, result mk.7 outgrew virtue of needs far greater lct provide. in 1944, when mk.7 design reached length of 203 feet, designation changed landing ship medium (lsm). placed in production , proving able maintain convoy speeds of 12 knots, lsm took on of role of lcts in pacific, , 558 built.









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