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Registry #1	275788 (US)	Registry #2	LCVP-C.7325 (US Navy)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1944	LCVP-C-7325 (U.S.S.)	Name 6
Name 2	(nk)	Woodpecker	Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1944	Place	Algonac	Area	MI	Country	USA

 

Designer	Andrew Higgins	Measurement (imp)	33.2' x 10.5' x 4.6'
Builder	Chris-Craft Corporation	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	11	Type 1	Landing Craft (Vehicle Personnel)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2	Fishboat, general
Engine	diesel engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower	Repowered with a 135hp gasoline engine	Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #	LCVP.7325	Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1944-1946 she was owned by the United States Navy. In 1965 she was owned by Donovan H. Wilson, Bellingham WA USA.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II.

 

References
Merchant Vessels of the United States (1965);
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