“With two engines, the LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) was capable of making 130-mile trips and could carry one 30-ton tank or 60 men fully loaded with gear,” notes the WWII museum website.

HMAS Choules is in the vicinity of Torokina carrying approximately 500 personnel and is equipped with an MRH90 Helicopter and an LCM-8 Landing craft. The Operation RENDER SAFE 2014 Commander ...

A US landing craft that became beached on the Ashdod shore was freed from the sand, a US military official told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. The LCM 8558 landing craft has been working with a US ...

One photo caption, accompanying an image that looks much like the mystery boat, reads: "A World War II LCM [landing craft mechanized] is used to fall snags when the water is low." Get SFGATE's top ...

It’s set to replace the Army’s less-capable Vietnam-era Landing Craft Mechanized-8 (LCM-8), which is nearing the end of its service life. And it’s getting ready to enter service as the Army ...

(photo credit: US CENTRAL COMMAND/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) On May 25 a US LCM landing craft also became stuck on the beach trying to free the tug section. The landing craft was pulled off on the ...

Goldberg led the medics out of their landing craft, medium (LCM) into ice-cold and chest-deep water at approximately 0815. Struggling against the steel rails and barbed wire, the medics slowly ...

The vessels the 10th SG AD uses are known as Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). “This is the only Army Depot that has its own water-lift capability due to the use of the LCMs,” said Lt.

“As it stands at the moment, we have our LHDs in terms of capital ships and then a ship-to-shore capability with our (LCM-1E) landing craft, but we have identified that we need to be independent ...

The LCU 1700 isn’t the only landing craft in Austal’s sights ... the Navy doesn’t expect to award the first LCM contract until fiscal year 2025.