Losses
Being in the forefront of assault landings, LCTs sustained the heaviest losses of any large landing craft. The Royal Navy lost 133 LCTs of all marks, 29 of which were U.S made Mk.5s. The U.S. Navy lost 67 Mk.5s and Mk.6s in storms, accidents or combat, with 26 lost in the Normandy landings alone, many in the gales that lashed the French coast after the initial landings.
Read more about this topic: Landing Craft Tank
Famous quotes containing the word losses:
“Hold back thy hours, dark Night, till we have done;
The Day will come too soon.
Young maids will curse thee, if thou steal’st away
And leav’st their losses open to the day.
Stay, stay, and hide
The blushes of the bride.”
—Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)