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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-549

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6JUN44) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 18 September 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 3 October 1943
  • Delivered, and placed in service, 23 October 1943
  • During World War II LCT(6)-549 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Following service in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)-549 was assigned the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Forty-Four
    LCT Group One Hundred Thirty
  • Placed out of service in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1946
  • LCT-549(6) 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. Ships' Service Generators
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-549
    1018054902
    TL 116791170    		 234k LCT(6)-549 underway off Slapton Sands, Start Bay, Devon, UK. During landing exercises in preparation for the invasion of Normandy.
    TimeLife_image_116791170, and 116791106 by David Scherman. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LCT-549
    1018054903
    TL 116791106    		 261k
    LST-1107 53k LCT(6)-549 loaded on the main deck of USS LST-1107 while under way, circa 1945-46, place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 83669 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.    		 Marilyn Ford in honor of her father, Frank H. Smith Jr. USS LST-1107
    LCT-549 48k LCT(6)-549 with a load of jeeps alongside a cargo ship. USCGC-1 is tied up on the port side of LCT(6)-549, Normandy beachhead, circa June 1944. Tommy Trampp
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-549 located at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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