TANK-CARRYING CRAFT
Assembly At British Ports (8.0.W.) RUGBY, April 8. United States naval technicians, American sailors and skilled British artisans are working side by side assembling tank-carrying landing craft at British ports with factory speed under one of the most novel production schemes of the war. The vessels are produced in America in three sections, each' part virtually complete and ready for service. They are shipped to Britain, where workmen line up the sections and bolt them together and make the joints watertight with canvas gaskets. The engines are delivered assembled and the galleys and living quarters fully equipped. The first vessel took 53 days to assemble, but the men have cut the time to nine days and hope to reduce that. The craft carry approximately five tanks, but can be used to transport other vehicles or men.
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Southland Times, Issue 25334, 10 April 1944, Page 5
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