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Landing Craft Retriever Archive LT20

Description: Photograph of the Series MA-31 Landing Craft Retriever, essentially a large mobile gantry crane structure, mounted on electric-drive wheels with 120-inch diameter tires. Built in November 1954 for the US Army, it was designed to retrieve beached or capsized amphibious landing craft. Only one LCR was tested by the military. (Eric C. Orlemann, LeTourneau Earthmovers)
Date: 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library
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