Allied Warships

USS LCT 239 (LCT 239)

Landing craft tank of the LCT (Mk 5) class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeLanding craft tank
ClassLCT (Mk 5) 
PennantLCT 239 
Built byPidgeon-Thomas Iron Co. (Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid downAug 1942 
LaunchedSep 1942 
Commissioned 
End service 
History

Transferred to the RN upon completion in September 1942
Lost while in transfer to the U.K. on 17 January 1943 when the merchant Vestfold was sunk by the German submarine U-268

 

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