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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-519

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944, Invasion of Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 8 July 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 15 August 1943
  • Delivered, 4 October 1943 and placed in service, LTjg. Waggoner in command
  • During World War II LCT(6)-519 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla Four and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • LCT(6)-519 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • 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.
    three propellers, 675shp
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    1018051901    		 61k LCT(5)-519 beached, probably at Normandy, France in June 1944. Denis Cavanagh
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    1018051905    		 152k LCT(5)-519 in early July 1944, off Cherbourg, France.
    Frames from the short film "Wreckage of Cherbourg; Unloading Operations".
    U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier 77147. Local Identifier 428-NPC-4517. NAIL Control Number NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-4517.    		 David Upton
    LCT-519
    1018051906    		 135k
    LCT-519
    1018051902    		 137k
    LCT-519
    1018051904    		 163k
    LCT-519
    1018051903    		 125k
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