It was similar to the Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), with a bow ramp that was lowered to disembark cargo upon riding up onto the beach.

It was constructed of a plywood hull and powered by a gasoline engine.

The landing craft had problems with the plywood decomposing quickly in the tropics.

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