Talk:LCVP (United States)

National D-Day Museum
There is a LCVP in the lobby of the Nat'l D-Day Museum (Or there used to be), would it be possible to gets some pics of that up? I don't happen to have any unfortuantely and am nowhere near New Orleans. Motor.on 21:51, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Pleasure Craft
The LCVP was not the only Higgins boat. Higgins Classic Boats These boats are very spectacular and deserve to be mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.138.187.170 (talk) 03:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Is there an appropriate spot for it? This is, of course, the LCVP article. Would it be more appropriate to include this in the Higgins Industries page or the article on Higgins himself? --Thatnewguy (talk) 03:55, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No. Such a subject should have its own page, but maybe with a link in "See Also."152.121.19.13 (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2010 (UTC)A REDDSON

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 14:33, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Miscellaneous improvements, errors
I'm told the First Division Museum's boat under restoration was made from planks rather than plywood; changed early plywood reference to "typically" made from plywood. Created references section. Looking for photos now. --Thatnewguy (talk) 13:12, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Plywood? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.80.31.178 (talk) 19:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, plywood. 152.121.19.13 (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2010 (UTC)A REDDSON.
 * The hull was constructed from timber stringers and ribs, with plywood used for the skin of the vessel. However, the article fails to mention that there was approximate 3/8" armor plate on the sides. Plus the bow ramp was also of armor plate. So the crew and passengers did have some protection from enemy small arms and machine gun fire while in transit.
 * How do I know? My father bought a surplus LCVP in 1960 and built a pile driver on the hull. Due to an unfortunate accident, the boat sank in 1969, and that summer I helped him rebuild it. At that time we removed the armor plate to lighten the boat. 2603:3017:DB4:0:A839:47B1:1D:899 (talk) 13:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I should have said in the main part of the article the armor is not mentioned. It is mentioned referring to surviving examples. 2603:3017:DB4:0:A839:47B1:1D:899 (talk) 13:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Viet Nam-Era Monitors.
The Viet Nam-era monitors were converted Higgins boats; ¿Why is there no mention of this? 152.121.19.13 (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2010 (UTC)A REDDSON

I think the US Navy still operated some LCVPs at least into the 1980's. In that time frame, the Motor whale boats, and Captain's gig were also 36 foot vessels, and it was a simple matter to modify the davit for a LCVP. Wfoj2 (talk) 02:57, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

What Happens after the boat has landed?.
How does the boat re-float after driving up onto the beach? surely there is too much friction with the sand to simply reverse off? or does the boat sit sufficiently higher in the water after unloading that it can pull away? ALexL33 (talk) 21:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

According to the Boats that Built Britain documentary about the LCVP, the shape of the bottom of the hull as shown in the wikipage diagram is the key. The front of the keel is like a conventional boat but the rear contains a tunnel that protects the propeller. This allows the boat to surmount obstacles without damaging it. When the propeller is put into reverse the prop wash is directed towards the grounded front keel. This scours underneath it as well as providing reverse thrust. Youtube - The Boats That Built Britain S01 E06 World War Two Landing Craft — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.131.169 (talk) 23:42, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Ideal and bottleneck
I believe this article could avoid a needless controversy by eliminating this line; after all, it makes no sense. A citation might be found saying the USMC thought it ideal for large operations, or some such. In different tactical situations the design of a particular boat may show well or ill. The evacuation from Dieppe would no doubt have been considerably worse with only LCVPs to rely upon. Stealthy raiders might not be enamored of a large sheet of face-hardened steel slapping the water to announce their presence. Now I'm being playful. Full width ramps were not at all an innovation - having been used at least as far back as the late 1890s. AmesJussellR (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)AmesJussellRAmesJussellR (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * Replaced with a suitable link. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 02:56, 18 April 2020 (UTC)