Higgins boat landing craft

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The Higgins boat landing craft is a World War II amphibious vessel used extensively by Allied forces to land troops and equipment on hostile beaches during operations such as D-Day.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious vessel ⓘ
landing craft ⓘ
military watercraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Higgins boat ⓘ
LCVP ⓘ
Higgins boat landing craft ⓘ
surface form: Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel
armamentOption .30 caliber machine guns ⓘ
.50 caliber machine guns ⓘ
armorMaterial steel ⓘ
beamApprox 10 feet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewSize 3 ⓘ
designedBy Andrew Jackson Higgins ⓘ
draftApprox 3 feet loaded ⓘ
EisenhowerComment credited as one of the tools that won the war for the Allies ⓘ
feature bow ramp ⓘ
flat bottom hull ⓘ
shallow draft ⓘ
wooden hull with steel armor plating ⓘ
historicalSignificance critical to Allied amphibious warfare capability in World War II ⓘ
hullMaterial wood ⓘ
influencedBy Eureka boat ⓘ
lengthApprox 36 feet ⓘ
manufacturer Higgins Industries ⓘ
maximumSpeedApprox about 12 knots ⓘ
notableFor enabling large-scale amphibious assaults ⓘ
mass production during World War II ⓘ
operatedBy coxswain ⓘ
primaryFunction landing equipment on hostile beaches ⓘ
landing troops on hostile beaches ⓘ
landing vehicles on hostile beaches ⓘ
propulsion diesel engine ⓘ
recognizedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
serviceEntry early 1940s ⓘ
typicalTroopCapacity 36 fully equipped troops ⓘ
typicalVehicleCapacity one light vehicle ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
British forces ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces

United States Army ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
usedInOperation D-Day ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Overlord ⓘ
Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater amphibious assaults
usedInTheater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ

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Utah Beach Museum → hasExhibit → Higgins boat landing craft ⓘ
Higgins boat landing craft → alsoKnownAs → Higgins boat landing craft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel