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The landing craft, vehicle, personnel or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II. Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly... Wikipedia
Inventor: Andrew Higgins
Armament: 2 ×.30 cal. (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns
Builders: Higgins Industries and others
Built: 1942–1945
Capacity: 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) vehicle or 8,100 lb (3,700 kg) general cargo
Crew: 4: Coxswain, engineer, bowman, sternman
Displacement: 18,000 lb (8,200 kg) light