"BOAT HANDLING" LCVP HIGGINS BOAT CREW 1944 U.S. NAVY LANDING CRAFT TRAINING FILM 27524
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This U.S. Navy film from WWII depicts the proper boat handling procedures to be utilized when operating a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel or LCVP. It opens with footage of troops and LCVP’s (:54). A close up shot of one of the landing craft is shown (1:00). Checks must be conducted prior to its launching and a shot of a check list follows (1:14). Crew begin inspecting the craft (2:03). The engineer checks the engine (2:27). Bilges (2:32) are inspected as well as the strainer from the pump driven by the engine (2:49). The engineer then fills the surge tank (3:23). The throttle position is switched to the idling position (3:37) as sand traps are checked for salt water circulation (3:53). The diesel engine has a freshwater cooling system (3:57). The engine is warmed up and the craft moves forward (5:27). Lessons in boat handling follow including the use of the reverse gear to stop (5:47). The correlation between the wheel and rudder movements are depicted (6:36) including an underwater shot of this (6:51). The LCVP conducts spins in the water (7:25) as the camera moves overhead. Reverse steering is depicted (7:40). As the crew moves onward, the observer is pointed to in the bow keeping an eye out for and floating objects (9:42). The craft passes another boat on it’s left (9:52). A sailboat is seen in the waters and the LCVP keeps a distance from them (10:01). The proper use of the LCVP’s ramp is demonstrated for amphibious landing operations (10:35). The craft is beached (10:56) and the ramp is lowered once it is grounded. The coxswain orders from the wheel (11:03) for the engineer to take the strain on the ramp cable (11:14). The man on the bow releases the safety clamps (11:23) and the engineer lowers the ramp (11:43). The ramp is then moved back up (12:04) and the safety clamps are re-engaged (12:21). The LCVP pulls away from the shoreline (13:12). Proper towing methods are demonstrated (13:21) with an alongside method as a tow boat moves in on it’s side (13:27). A bow line is tossed across (13:55) and the pair moves forward (14:06). Docking procedures are depicted in regular speed (14:30) as well as in slow motion (14:43) with a specific point to the types of knots needed (17:27). As the crew prepares to leave the craft, life vests are stuffed back into their proper placement (18:09) and cleanings are conducted (18:14). The film concludes with an expansive shot of men moving down a dock alongside LCVP’s loaded with enlisted men (18:56). It concludes on the U.S. Navy Department seal (19:05).
The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 20,000 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees. Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 9 knots (17 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by climbing down a cargo net hung from the side of their troop transport; they exited by charging down the boat's bow ramp.
At just over 36 ft (11 m) long and just under 11 ft (3.4 m) wide, the LCVP was not a large craft. Powered by a 225-horsepower Diesel engine at 12 knots, it would sway in choppy seas, causing seasickness. Since its sides and rear were made of plywood, it offered limited protection from enemy fire. The Higgins boat could hold either a 36-man platoon, a jeep and a 12-man squad, or 8,000 lb (3.6 t) of cargo. Its shallow draft (3 feet aft and 2 feet, 2 inches forward) enabled it to run up onto the shoreline, and a semi-tunnel built into its hull protected the propeller from sand and other debris. The steel ramp at the front could be lowered quickly. It was possible for the Higgins boat to swiftly disembark men and supplies, reverse itself off the beach, and head back out to the supply ship for another load within three to four minutes.
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Just young boys, no disrespect meant...looked like a genuinely good team.Picked for the film for that reason.Likely gone now, or in their mid-nineties..Thanks, men..
My Grandfather was a WWII US Navy veteran. He said that the crews of the landing craft didn't get nearly the recognition they deserved. They didn't just make one run to shore, drop off the Soldiers or Marines and zip away. They made repeated trips under heavy fire, and kept going back to deliver ammo and evacuate the wounded, over and over again, until the beachhead was secured.
My Grandfather said he was glad he was stationed on a cruiser instead.
Every man who left an English port headed for Normandy was a hero. No one was "safe," as the Germans were fully capable of directing their fire towards the ships offshore. And they did. And there were mines and other hazards. Here's the list:
www.dday-overlord.com/en/d-day/armada/losses
Heroes.!
Douglas Alan Munro was a Signalman in the US Coast Guard during the invasion of Guadacanal. He received the Medal of Honor when he led a group of Higgins boats back to the beach to shield and evacuate a group of Marines cut off on a Sand Bar under heavy fire. The group of boats he led saved many lives of the Marines of 1/7 (1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment). One of those Marines was the Battalion C/O. a Lt. Col. named Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller. Most if not all of the landing craft (Except for the LST's and LHD's were manned by the Coast Guard, both at Normandy on D-Day and all through the Pacific.
Here is a link to the story of SM1 Douglas Munro, MOH www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/september/coast-guards-medal-honor-recipient
@@VictorySpeedwaytotally agree
@@michaelcopeland8806 I had heard of this guys actions before , that was one brave man
I can testify that they were still showing this very movie in the late 70's when I was trained as a coxswain.
WWII didactics were very well made.
I made 3 wet landings (amphibious assaults)
in peace time. A Higgins boat, vehicle landing craft
and a Amtrack. When we came out of the well deck and circled (waited for the wave to form) I'm looking at this guy driving this boat. Bring the boys to the beach, wait for wounded to be loaded and do it again and again and again until... Now that takes Balls !!!
Sgt, USMC.
When I got put in the boats (LPD 12) as an 18 year old Engineman in the early 70’s, I didn’t have one second of training....and it showed. I had to stumble through it and I made a lot of mistakes/omissions. This movie, along with hands on training, would have helped a lot. I don’t know why the A division officer and chief did not train us properly. It was preposterous.
I love watching restricted movies. Makes me feel younger.
Like watch movies rated "C" by the Legion of Decency ...
@@broznkyra4853 Younger people have no idea what that was.
Bought the book “The Boat That Won The War” off Amazon last month. Great historical reading. Now this pops up on CZcams,great timing. Now I’m going to build that Italeri kit I’ve had on the shelf for too long!
There is a Higgins museum in LA.
@@fredgervinm.p.3315 the WWII Museum in New Orleans restored a Higgins PT Boat to running condition and it takes passengers for rides on Lake Pontchartrain.....$300! It’s beautiful!
@@fw1421
There is a Running in the boathouse PT
In Oregon. Portland. It's got all the WW-2
Weapons on board. If interested in more information I can give you contact information 😊
Like the old pics of San Diego Bay!
Douglas Albert Munro was a Signalman in the US Coast Guard during the invasion of Guadacanal. He received the Medal of Honor when he led a group of Higgins boats back to the beach to shield and evacuate a group of Marines cut off on a Sand Bar under heavy fire. The group of boats he led saved many lives of the Marines of 1/7 (1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment). One of those Marines was the Battalion C/O. a Lt. Col. named Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller. Most if not all of the landing craft (Except for the LST's and LSD's) were manned by the Coast Guard, both at Normandy on D-Day and all through the Pacific.
Here is a link to the story of SM1 Douglas Munro, MOH www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/september/coast-guards-medal-honor-recipient
Here is excellent article about the Coast Guard during D-Day.
coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/06/5-facts-you-may-not-know-about-the-coast-guard-at-normandy/#:~:text=The%20smallest%20sea%2Dgoing%20amphibious,of%20the%20beaches%20of%20France.
You got to give a shout out to the Higgins boat crews that did their job in WW11.
I must have missed World Wars 3 through 10. Who won?
@@ghost307 lol...
@@ghost307 You have to binge watch it. Don't want to spoil it for you.
Used those heavily on the Mekong River Vietnam
I would’ve never thought that this craft weighed 9 tons. Wow!
Was Boat Officer in a LCVP in early 80's. Papa3
Awesome.
A little known fact is that most of the floaty things at D-Day were courtesy of the British. No worries France you can pay up any time.
Marshall Plan?
The French are happy to repay all debts in smell.
Great instruction for civilian type craft too !
Thank you!
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My dad served on a APA.
I was surprised that they ramp is hand-cranked.
Brave men
Those boats were powered by gray marine 6 cylinder 71 cubic inch marine diesel 2 valve heaqds with twin disc crash box mainual gears bullet proof meaning rugged, as posted if they made one landing they did thier job,,, fantast boats i owned one in the early 80s rugged work boats !!!!
Each cylinder was 71 cu inches. Acctually a Detroit 2 stroke diesel.
All the Crews preferred the British type superior design slightly more bullet resistant the Higgins was a death trap.
My father was a mmm on a boat off a 157 USS Napa...made landings
I wonder how bulletproof the ramp was, and how bulletproof the bulkhead in front of the crew area was. That opening scene from Saving Private Ryan...
I guess they replaced them with LCACs.
Seriously?
Snacks, beer, girls?
These guys did not follow Form 1A at all.
Wonder how fast these boats could go?
These men were only expected to accomplish one landing.
Surviving was optional.
That's not actually true. Usually they were expected to make repeated trips.
They made as many trips as they could, bringing wounded back from the beach too. That takes Balls !
I saw another video where there was a machine gum mount on the stern. I wonder if that is a later model?
Those were not permanently mounted. There are two gun tubs, but they didn't leave those guns in place. They are missing here because they would obscure some of the camera angles.
Renember that sailboats have the right of way.
On your way to Omaha Beach.
My grandfather says this job was one of the most dangerous jobs in the Navy at the time of WW2.....luckily he was in Mexico and had absolutely nothing to do with this war....lmfao
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