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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-521

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 21 July 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 25 August 1943
  • Delivered 17 September 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-521 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Forty;
     LCT Group One Hundred Nineteen
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-521 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 3 February to 24 March 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • 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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    LCT-5211
    1018052101    		 98k LCT(6)-521 beached while off loading a truck, date and location unknown.
    "Popular Science" magazine, April 1944 page 78    		 David Upton
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