“The Higgins’ were dandy, I guess but fewer in number and mainly the European theater. The Elco was the main combatant in the Pacific and (in my view) far more elegant in its lines.”
The Elco had the lower swept sides toward the stern?
It looks like another craft from D-Day is on it’s way to being restored after being a 70’s nightclub in Liverpool and then left to rot in Birkenhead on the other side of the River Mersey.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/history/524081/70-years-on-D-Day-landing-craft-ready-makeover
It’s good to see these restoration efforts in progress, soon there won’t be enough steel left on these WWII abandoned hull to restore.