Outwardly, the LCM(4) was almost completely identical to a late model LCM(1) – the difference lay inside the pontoon. In the years 19, seventy-seven LCM(4)s were built. Displacement: 52 tons (loaded) 23 tons (empty).Another Higgins LCM-3 is displayed at the Museo Storico Piana delle Orme in Province of Latina, Italy, 18 miles East of Anzio. A Higgins LCM-3 is on display at the Battleship Cove maritime museum in Fall River, Massachusetts. In appearance very similar to the LCVP which Higgins Industries also constructed, with a 10-foot (3.0 m) wide load area at the front and a small armoured (1/4 inch steel) wheelhouse on the aft decking over the engine room. LCM (3) Higgins LCM-3 at Battleship CoveĬapable of carrying 120,000 lb (54,000 kg) of cargo Approximately 150 were built by American Car & Foundry and Higgins Industries. The first American LCM design, from the US Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair. Capacity 100 troops, or one 13.5 ton tank, or 15 tons of cargo.
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