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For the public library system, see <a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County_Public_Library" title="Loudoun County Public Library">Loudoun County Public Library</a>.</div> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg/300px-Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg/450px-Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg/600px-Reinforcements_land_on_Guadalcanal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2968" data-file-height="1818" /></a></span><div>United States Marine Corps reinforcements at Guadalcanal debark from an LCP(L).</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>Landing Craft Personnel (Large)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builders</td><td><a href="/wiki/Higgins_Industries" title="Higgins Industries">Higgins Industries</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, USA</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; 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text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg/40px-Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg/60px-Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a> (postwar)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td>Various ship's boats and cutters</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td>LCP(R), <a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_States)" title="LCVP (United States)">LCVP</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Subclasses</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Royal Navy model</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">US model</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Built</td><td>1940-1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Active</td><td>0</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preserved</td><td>0</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td>Landing craft</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>US Model: 13,500 pounds (light), 21,600 pounds (loaded)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>36 ft 8 in</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>10 ft 10 in</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 ft 6 in aft. light</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 ft 6 aft. loaded</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ramps</td><td>0</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/Hall-Scott" title="Hall-Scott">Hall-Scott</a> 250 hp <a href="/wiki/Gasoline_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Gasoline engine">gasoline engine</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">or 1 x <a href="/wiki/Kermath" title="Kermath">Kermath</a> 225 hp gasoline engine</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">or 1 x <a href="/wiki/Gray_Marine_Motor_Company" title="Gray Marine Motor Company">Gray</a> 165-225 hp <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engine</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">or 1 x Superior 150 hp diesel engine</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">RN model: 9-11 kts. (max)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">US model: 8 kts. (fully loaded)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">RN model: 120 miles at full speed (loaded)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">US model: 50 miles (gasoline), 130 miles (diesel)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>6,700–8,100 pounds (3,039–3,674 kg)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">RN model: 25 troops</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">US model: 36 troops</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">US model: 4 - <a href="/wiki/Coxswain" title="Coxswain">coxswain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Signalman" title="Signalman">signalman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boatswain" title="Boatswain">bow-hookman</a> (last two also operated the machine guns)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">RN model: 3 - coxswain, <a href="/wiki/Fireman_(steam_engine)" title="Fireman (steam engine)">stoker</a>, bowman/machine gunner, plus 1 officer per group of 3 boats</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>US model: 2 x <a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">Browning</a> .30 cal. machine guns, or US manufactured <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Gun">Lewis</a> .30 cal. machine guns RN model: 1 x .303 cal. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Gun">Lewis Gun</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td>3 x 10 lb. plates on bulkheads (fore of the .30 cal. cockpits, of the troop well and the engine space.</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>from US Navy ONI 226 <i>Allied Landing Craft and Ships</i>, US Government Printing Office, 1944.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>Landing Craft Personnel (Large)</b> or <b>LCP (L)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a> used extensively in the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. Its primary purpose was to ferry troops from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. The craft derived from a prototype designed by the <a href="/wiki/Higgins_Industries" title="Higgins Industries">Eureka Tug-Boat Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, USA. Manufactured initially in boatyards in and around New Orleans, as requirements grew it was produced in a number of yards around the United States. Typically constructed of pine planks and <a href="/wiki/Plywood" title="Plywood">plywood</a>, and fitted with some armor plate, this shallow-draft boat with a crew of 3 could ferry an infantry <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> of 36 to shore at 8 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (13 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by walking over a <a href="/wiki/Wood_plank" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood plank">gangplank</a> from the boat deck of their troop transport as the LCP(L) hung from its <a href="/wiki/Davit" title="Davit">davits</a>. When loaded, the LCP(L) was lowered into the water. Soldiers exited the boat by jumping or climbing down from the craft's bow or sides. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LCPL&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1930s, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> (USMC) sought boats practical for landing troops on beaches. In 1936, the USMC conducted experiments with new types of boats, lighters, and launches. Many craft were considered coming from the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Construction_and_Repair" title="Bureau of Construction and Repair">Bureau</a> as well as commercial fishing boat designs. Included in these experiments were some prototypes where, upon beaching, a ramp was deployed over rollers on the bow.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few boats were overwhelmed by the surf and others did not prove practical, but the 28 feet (9 m) craft designed by the Eureka Tug-Boat Company of New Orleans was both a good sea boat and superior at beaching. </p><p>The craft was based on the company's 1926 <a href="/wiki/Spoonbill" title="Spoonbill">spoonbill</a>-bowed craft used by <a href="/wiki/Animal_trapping" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal trapping">trappers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bayou" title="Bayou">bayous</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River_delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi River delta">Mississippi River delta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boat's draft was rather shallow, 18 inches (46 cm), and it could cut through vegetation and slide over logs without ruining its propeller. It could also run up on shore and extract itself damage-free. As part of sales demonstrations, boats were often run up on the seawalls of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain" title="Lake Pontchartrain">Lake Pontchartrain</a>. (The craft was also infamous among law enforcement along the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf Coast</a> as a vehicle for <a href="/wiki/Rum-running" title="Rum-running">rum-runners</a>.)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marines' specifications at the time were for boats operated by a crew of 6 that could carry a <a href="/wiki/Squad" title="Squad">squad</a> of 12 men. Such boats should be able to achieve 15 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (17 mph; 28 km/h), and to be hoisted on the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a>'s standard <a href="/wiki/Davit" title="Davit">davits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The general lines of the boat were accepted by the USMC, and in September 1940 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Higgins" title="Andrew Higgins">Andrew J. Higgins</a>, president of the Eureka Tug-Boat Company, was contracted to build a slightly larger craft to carry 24 fully equipped troops, or two squads. He produced the 32 feet (10 m) Eureka or Higgins boat.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the craft first used in American <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Landing_Exercises" title="Fleet Landing Exercises">Fleet Landing Exercises</a> in 1941. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg/220px-Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg/330px-Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg/440px-Jack_Churchill_leading_training_charge_with_sword.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption>A Eureka Boat, an early model of the LCP(L), used in commando raids. This image features <a href="/wiki/Jack_Churchill" title="Jack Churchill">Jack Churchill</a> leading a charge armed with a <a href="/wiki/Broadsword" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadsword">broadsword</a> (far right).</figcaption></figure><p>Before the USMC received their boats, the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">British Admiralty</a>’s need for a raiding craft brought the first enquiries for an even larger boat. Purchasing agents from <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a> had become aware of Andrew Higgins’ Eureka boats; enquiries were made and a film of the Eureka was sent to the Admiralty in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> occupation of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> had changed British procurement plans dramatically. The Admiralty's <a href="/wiki/Inter-Service_Training_and_Development_Centre" title="Inter-Service Training and Development Centre">Inter-Service Training and Development Centre</a> wanted a 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m) craft, intending the boat to carry a full British army <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> and two or three attached signallers or <a href="/wiki/Sapper" title="Sapper">assault engineers</a>. An initial order for 136 was placed, with the first 50 delivered to Britain in October 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Higgins had already built these boats on <a href="/wiki/Speculation" title="Speculation">spec</a> and is said to have preferred this larger craft. Further US procurements were of this larger boat, and thus the LCP(L) was the forerunner of all American LCP types.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The LCP(L)s were also known as Eurekas or R boats. Before 1942, The USMC referred to them as T Boats.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were American-made landing craft that could carry up to 36 troops. Unlike later landing craft, the LCP(L)s did not have ramps at the bow, so the troops had to jump over the sides to get out. The boats themselves were made of plywood but had armored bulkheads. They were invented by <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> native <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Higgins" title="Andrew Higgins">Andrew Higgins</a> before the war and were designed with a shallow draft to operate in swamps. But, it turned out that the design was also excellent for operating on shallow beaches.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LCPL_on_Seawall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/LCPL_on_Seawall.jpg/250px-LCPL_on_Seawall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/LCPL_on_Seawall.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="180" /></a><figcaption>This boat, an early example from the Eureka Tug-Boat Company, was the progenitor of thousands of Second World War landing craft.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manning_the_LCP(L)"><span id="Manning_the_LCP.28L.29"></span>Manning the LCP(L)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LCPL&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Manning the LCP(L)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In US Navy or US Coast Guard service, the craft's crew comprised two gunners and the coxswain.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the gunners would normally occupy the two gunner's cockpits, forward, during landing, they had other duties also. One acted as the bowman while the other served as the mechanic. The coxswain was in charge of the boat and crew. His position was at the wheel directly behind the gunner's cockpits and only slightly off-set to the port side. From here he steered and operated engine controls. </p><p>The craft's raked bow made beaching comparatively easy, and the craft came off without difficulty when unloaded, though it could snag on rocks or poor ground as any other small boat would. The LCP(L) could be loaded from the boat deck,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before launching, "unless otherwise specified by the warning plate in the boat",<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for its construction as much as its light weight made this speeding up of the launching-load time possible. Other craft, especially those with a ramp like the LCV and LCVP, were structurally weak in the bow and could not be loaded before lowering from davits; personnel being transported in these types climbed down scramble nets into these boats. </p><p>The 3-man crew of a British LCP(L) was led by a Leading Seaman or Royal Marine Corporal coxswain who steered the boat and operated engine controls on the port side of the cockpit. Beside him was the Lewis gunner who also acted as bowman handling any rope-work forward. The third man was a mechanic who might also handle stern ropes. At other times LCP(L)s might be led or towed by coastal forces craft when a raid was within reasonable range of a sally port. A number of these raids were made in 1940 to 1942 by British forces, sometimes using LCP(L)s though more often going ashore by canoe. The first major landing from LCP(L)s in Europe took place in August 1942 when the Canadians with elements of the British army and Royal Marines <a href="/wiki/Dieppe_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Dieppe raid">landed at Dieppe</a>. The fortunes of the LCP(L) flotillas showed here how units and even individual craft could have very different luck in a landing. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands,_26_July_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands%2C_26_July_1942.jpg/250px-U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands%2C_26_July_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands%2C_26_July_1942.jpg/330px-U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands%2C_26_July_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands%2C_26_July_1942.jpg/500px-U.S._Marines_enter_a_landing_boat_in_the_Fiji_Islands%2C_26_July_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="308" /></a><figcaption>US Marines climb down a scramble net to an LCP(L) during preparations in the Fiji Islands for the <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Guadalcanal Campaign">Guadalcanal Campaign</a> that would take place in August 1942. These men appear to be filling a returned craft as first-wave troops would have entered the boat prior to its being lowered to the water.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Successors">Successors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LCPL&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Successors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two significant further developments of the LCP(L) were produced, also designed by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Higgins" title="Andrew Higgins">Andrew Higgins</a>. These retained the dimensions of the LCP(L) to allow use from the same launch platforms. The first development was the <b>Landing Craft, Personnel (Ramped) (<a href="/wiki/LCP(R)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCP(R)">LCP(R)</a>)</b>, which added a bow ramp to the LCP(L) design for faster egress. The concept came from the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Daihatsu-class_landing_craft" title="Daihatsu-class landing craft">Daihatsu-class</a> ramped landing craft. The second development, the most-produced of the three, was the <b>Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel (<a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_States)" title="LCVP (United States)">LCVP</a>)</b>. This widened the bow to the full width of the craft to maximize the ramp size and speed of egress. The LCVP is the craft most referred to as a "Higgins Boat", although its two predecessors and a <a href="/wiki/PT_boat" title="PT boat">PT boat</a> design were also developed and produced by Higgins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LCPL&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gray_Marine_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Marine Engine">Gray Marine Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Assault" title="Landing Craft Assault">Landing Craft Assault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LCM_(2)" title="LCM (2)">LCM (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LCP(R)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCP(R)">LCP(R)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_States)" title="LCVP (United States)">LCVP (United States)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Mechanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing Craft Mechanized">Landing Craft Mechanized</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing Ship, Infantry">Landing Ship, Infantry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LCPL&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fergusson, p.37</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ladd, 1976, p.24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030409211729/http://www.ussrankin.org/id39.htm">"LCPL - Landing Craft, Personnel, Large"</a>. 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Ltd., London 1949.</li> <li>Miller, John <i>Guadalcanal: The First Offensive</i>, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 1949.</li> <li>Smith, W.H.B. <i>Basic Manual of Military Small Arms</i> Stackpole Books, Harrisburg PA <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8117-1699-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8117-1699-6">0-8117-1699-6</a></li> <li>US Navy ONI 226 <i>Allied Landing Craft and Ships</i>, US Government Printing Office, 1944.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=LCPL&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030409211729/http://www.ussrankin.org/id39.htm">"LCPL - Landing Craft, Personnel, Large"</a>. <a href="/wiki/USS_Rankin_(AKA-103)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rankin (AKA-103)">USS Rankin (AKA-103)</a>. 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