LCRL
The LCRL or LCR (L) (Landing Craft Rubber Large) was an inflatable boat which could carry ten men that was used by the United States Marine Corps and US Army from 1938 to 1945. 10,125 LCRLs were made during World War II.[1]:490
WWII rubber raiding craft
Marine Raiders landing on Pavuvu
See also
- Landing Craft Rubber Small
- Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
References
- Friedman, Norman (2002). U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustratead Design History. Naval Institute Press.
External links
- Specifications and pictures at ibiblio
- http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/Transport/transport-8.html
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