LCVP restoration

[Hanno Spoelstra]

A French gentleman found an abandoned Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) in Brittany, France. He launched a rescue on his own with very limited resources, but an enormous amount of passion and energy (i.e. to rescue the LCVP from the river bed where it had been standing for years he braced old containers around the hull, you have to look at the pictures to believe it). The site contains very nice pictures from WWII LCVPs and a complete slide show on the restoration process.

http://www.challengelcvp.com/galerie.html

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another LCVP survivor can be found in the D-Day Museum at New Orleans, USA:
http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/43877402

Now what is the type of craft shown in this picture?
http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/43870307

Source: http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/new_orleans_dday_museum

Regards,
Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Now what is the type of craft shown in this picture?
http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/43870307

Found it looks like a LANDING CRAFT, PERSONNEL (LARGE).
A further web search reveiled it is one, indeed: http://www.ddaymuseum.org/about/news_092404.html
Guess it help to look on the museum's site first, eh?

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Another LCVP survivor

Hey - another one at the Navy Museum. Once you start looking they pop up everywhere...

H.


Source: http://www.hnsa.org/ships/lcvp.htm

[Hanno Spoelstra]

One more, in Normandy, France:
http://80.100.20.205:8080/normandie/...IMG0024_01.JPG
http://80.100.20.205:8080/normandie/...IMG0025_02.JPG
Source: http://normandy.iscool.nl/index.php

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hanno,

I read that there should be four LCVP survivors in Normandy, but I have only seen two in person uptill now. This one is at the entrance of the museum at UTAH beach:



source: www.strijdbewijs.nl

I know another one that is outside the Omaha Museum in the nissen-huts:



source: http://battlefieldsww2.50megs.com

The other boat you pictured is indeed an LCP, of which about 80 were delivered to the British for the Normandy landings. The base is quite similar to the LCVP/Higgins design.

LCVP's were also produced post war, allthough these were made from fibre-glass.

Should we open another thread specifically for surviving landing boats and craft? I have been seacrhing for information on these over the last few weeks. There are at least two surviving LST's and one US LCT on display in the USA and one surviving British LCT in the UK. There should still de several craft and boats in service in merchant service and/or in the Greek and Fillipine navy!

Alex

[Phil Waterman]

If people are interested I was on board the LST here in the States this year and have tons of pictures.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Phil,

It would be great if you could show us some pictures of your visit to LST 325.

A true Normandy Veteran!

regards,

Alex

p.s. Do they also have any of the original LCVP's hanging on the sides?

[Phil Waterman]

Originally posted by Alex van de Wetering
Phil,

It would be great if you could show us some pictures of your visit to LST 325.

A true Normandy Veteran!

regards,

Alex

p.s. Do they also have any of the original LCVP's hanging on the sides?

No Alex the LCVP's on the 325 are all much later construction. I've posted a bunch of photos on my web site http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/LST%20Boston.htm (save the bandwidlth on MLU) Below is a name that part photo though

[Al Nickolson]

Photo

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Alex van de Wetering
I read that there should be four LCVP survivors in Normandy, but I have only seen two in person uptill now. This one is at the entrance of the museum at UTAH beach:

I've seen that one too, plus one in Southern France set up as a memorial.

I know another one that is outside the Omaha Museum in the nissen-huts:

I think that is the same one as shown in the link I posted earlier, PA26-28.

Should we open another thread specifically for surviving landing boats and craft?

I prefer to stay in the topic of smaller landing craft (much to be learned there), but sure, be my guest and post away here!

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another surviving LCVP:

Source: http://www.mottsmilitarymuseum.org/

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hey Ho, and another one turned up in Normandy! (source)