File:USS LCT-435 and British trawler Loch Park (FY1835) underway in Spring 1944.jpg

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The U.S. Navy landing craft tank USS LCT-495 sails past the Royal Navy trawler Loch Park (FY1835), during the rehearsals for the Normandy Invasion, circa spring 1944. The LCT has a cargo of trucks, and is towing a small barrage balloon. Note the canoe on her deck.

Loch Park had been built in 1917 as HMS John Brooker and was reacquired in 1940.
Date Spring 1944
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720559
Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-14398 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy

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