Higgins Boat LCVP: Our Higgins Boat LCVP model ship is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen. Our model ships are uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures. The Higgins Boat LCVP model ship’s parts including the weaponries, armament, guns and hulls are extremely accurate and precise based on the original blueprint of the actual ship. It will fascinate anyone who gazes at it for its remarkable and exceptional quality. The Higgins Boat LCVP model ship comes with an extremely durable base stand marked with the ship’s official insignia. Higgins Boat LCVP History: The LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), or also called as the “Higgins Boat”, a landing craft mostly used during the World War II. The “Higgins Boat” was named after Andrew Jackson Higgins who designed and invented it. The LCVP was actually a modification of the Higgins Industries 'Eureka' boat, the Navy version of which was the LCPL (Landing Craft Personnel Large). LCVP was basically constructed from plywood. This shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a platoon-sized complement of 36 fully armed men (max load is 8,100 lbs) at 9 knots (17 km/h), or a 6,000 pound Jeep, and other equipment and supplies essential to amphibious operations. 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. It was these boats that made the D-Day landings at Normandy, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and hundreds of lesser-known places possible. Without Higgins' uniquely designed craft there could not have been a mass landing of troops and material on European shores or on the beaches of the Pacific islands, at least not without a tremendously higher rate of Allied casualties. More than 20,000 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees. Few Higgins Boats are displayed at the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. This model has measurements of: Span: 5 3/4" Len: 18 3/4" and Scale: 1/24