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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-697

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
(See U.S.S. LCT (6) Group 79, Flotilla 27 ltr dated 6 November 1945)
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 8 April 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 3 May 1944
  • Delivered, 12 May 1944
  • Placed in service, 12 May 1944, at New Orleans, LA., ENS. Paul Springer USNR, Officer in Charge
  • During World War II LCT(6)-697 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Seven;
     LCT Group Seventy-Nine and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 8 to 18 January 1945
  • Placed out of service in, 7 June 1946 in the Philippines
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • LCT(6)-697 earned one battle star and the Navy Unit Commendation as part of Group 79, Flotilla 27 for WWII service
  • Sold 27 September 1947 to Maritima & Co., Philippines
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 9"
    maximum navigation 5'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    12 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 20lbs
    gun shields 10lbs
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    two Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V. D.C. Ships' Service Generators
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-697 75k LCT(6)-697 at anchor, date and location unknown. Contributed by Paul Springer LCT-697, Submitted by Stanley H. Wallace MoMM2/c USS LST-574
    LCT-697
    1018069702    		 368k Right to left; LCT(6)-697, LCT(6)-904, and LCT(6)-799 at North Harbor, Pier No. 2, Manila, Luzon, P.I. 22 August 1945. The Army personnel are from the 34th and 66th U.S. Army Signal Battalions, 355th and 3427th U.S. Army Signal Depot Companys. These are the first U.S. Army troops to arrive directly from the European Theater of Operations after VE Day.
    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo 325412. Local Identifier 111-SCA-2948, US National Archives Identifier 80678107    		 David Upton
    LCT(6)-697
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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