from a military radar station on an island called Laerg (based on Hirta, in the St. Kilda Archipelago, about 40 miles west of Scotland's Outer Hebrides), while a severe storm bears down. The author details the vulnerabilities of the LCTs in heavy seas and shifting winds, and the difficulties of landing and disembarking on the small rugged island. See also Amphibious warfare Amphibious warfare ship Rhino ferry LCT sunk or damaged in action during World War II References Bibliography External links Photo archive organized by individual ship World War II Landing Craft Tanks Landing Craft of New York Shipbuilding Memories of Landing Craft Landing Craft Tank Squadron by Lt-Cdr. Maxwell Miller LCT Mk.5 production line at Bison Shipyard US Navy, Prints 1942, Tank Landing Craft, mark 2 and 3 US Navy, ONI 226, Allied Landing Craft and Ships, April 1944 LCT Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944