LCVP Higgins history

The LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle & Personnel), was designed by the American engineer Higgins, according to the plans of the old landing craft called LCPL (Landing Craft Personnel Large).

The ship was designed in a pure logic of the expeditionary forces. It had to carry a thirty-equipped troops or a light vehicle (Jeep) and 12 infantrymen with their equipment. The LCVP quickly became the most used landing craft during amphibious operations.

This flat-bottomed craft was capable of reaching 12 knots, and its structure allowed it to change its trajectory very quickly.

During the Normandy landings, the U.S. forces have mainly used LCVP, more manoeuvrable and better suited to an amphibious assault that some wider and slower crafts such as the LCA (Landing Craft Assault) for example.

LCVP Higgins sheet

Country creator/user: USA
Name: LCVP

Crew: 3 : 1 coxswain, 1 sapper, 1 gunner
Propulsion: Diesel Gray 225-HP
Capacity: 36 soldiers with equipment
Armament : two 7,62 mm (.30 cal.) machine guns

Weight: 15,000 kg
Speed: 12 knots
Length: 11 m
Width: 3 m

 

 

 

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