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