50' Steel LCM3 Navy Landing Craft 1985 450 HP Cargo 30 tons

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ID: 16817

REF:
h1

Year:
1985

Location:
US East Coast

Price:
Price on Request

Length:
50'

Beam:
14'

DWT:
30

BHP:
450

Details:
50' Steel LCM3 Navy Landing Craft 1985 450 HP Cargo 30 tons For Sale

1985 US Navy LCM 3 Landing Craft, Twin Detroit 6-71's 50'x14'x3.5. 30-ton cargo cap.

Highway truckable on low-boy trailer by simply removing the pilot house and placing in cargo hold.

Twin 671 Detroit diesels with ~2220 hrs and ~2000 hrs. Very easy on fuel, excellent running motors. US Navy maintained for much of her life. Have carried a 38,000 lb excavator no problem. Double hulled design with collision bulkhead, 6 wing tanks, and 3 watertight Bowmar hatches in cargo hold. Has an impressive 850 mile range at 5 knots.

New paint and all new 12 & 24v batteries 2024. 24v batteries for starting, 5 different 12v for all electronics, pumps, winch door and crane. 12v systems charged off auxiliary alternator and or solar chargers. Recently replaced 160 amp alternator for 24v engine batteries

50' length x 14.5 beam x 3.5 draft

Headroom at helm 7'6"

Twin Detroit Diesel 6-71's Naturally Aspirated

Allison Hydraulic Transmissions

24 x 14 bronze 3-bladed workhorse props (w/PropSpeed applied) in load bearing protected cages. Shafts are stainless 2"

Cruise 5 knots, max 9 knots

500 gals fuel in 2 steel tanks, 2 primary Raycor fuel filters with secondary filters

Garmin depth, Garmin plotter with US East Coast and Bahamas chip, Sitex touchscreen radar

2 12v electric winches for ramp door

Cargo Capacity - 30 tons / 58,000-60,000 lbs

LED deck/cargo hold lightbar

Motorized searchlight

Custom 12v electric/hydraulic aluminum crane/davit with ~3,000 lbs lift capacity

1 set of short steel ramps, 1 set of galvanized heavy duty ramps for cargo hold

Danforth anchor, 100' rode 20' heavy duty stainless steel chain, shackle and swivel.

Ritchie compass

Wooden ships wheel connected to chain link steering and sprocket with straight shaft leading to large lazertte under pilot house. The steering gear is new and located in the lazerette.

Heliene 360 Watt 10 amp Solar Panel and digital charge controller

12v Freshwater pump and hose with 50 or 100 gallons freshwater

LED Nav lights and radar reflector on mast

Swim/boarding ladder on stern with fiberglass swim platform

Optional 5000 BTU air conditioner for pilot house running off a Honda type 2000 generator/inverter

Cargo hold dimensions length 31' 6" width 11' 2" depth 6'. Will accommodate a 20' shipping container

There is currently a removable painted marine ply 8' x 3.'5 2 tier "bunk room" with bronze porthole and 12v fans for crew accommodation and dry storage/workstation

A tubular steel framed/tarped-roof "carport" fits in cargo hold perfectly for dry storage and sun blockage

USCG Documented. Approved US Navy "Certificate of Build" and comprehensive US Navy drawings on a CD

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