The familiar landing-craft shape predates the Second World War. The LCM Mark 1 was first built in 1938. Testing of similar vessels took place during the 1930s, while motor landing craft take the development history back into the 1920s.
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Landing craft before the Second World War
The LCM Mark 1 of 1938 and earlier motor landing craft place the development of familiar landing-craft forms in the interwar period.