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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-551

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, 23 September 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 6 October 1943
  • Delivered, 27 October 1943
  • During World War II LCT(6)-551 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCT(6)-551 earned one battle star for World War II service
    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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    LST-311 145k Invasion shipping in Dart River, at Dartmouth, England, awaiting the invasion signal, 2 June 1944. Barrage balloons are overhead. Among the ships at left are:
    LCT(6)-551;
    LCT(6)-527;
    LCT(6)-528;
    USS LST-230;
    USS LST-49;
    USS LST-311;
    USS LST-281;. Also present are several British coastal forces vessels.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-252243, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    LCT-551 39k View looking west on "Omaha" Beach during resupply operations, 1 July 1944. Note the wrecked U.S. LCI(L) by the shoreline in the center, with a broached British LCT further to the right. LCT(6)-551 and LCT(6)-541 (partially visible) are beached at right.
    US National Archives photo # SC 206826 a US Army Signal Corps photograph now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center web site
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-551 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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    Last Updated 8 June 2018