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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-581

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) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
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, 24 July 1943, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 13 September 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service, 21 September 1943
  • During World War II LCT-581 was assigned first to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Seventeen,
    LCT Group Fifty and participated in the following campaign:

    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944
  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT(6)-581 came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Forty-One
    LCT Group One Hundred Twenty-Three
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-581 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 17 February 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-581 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 581 54k LCT(6)-581 being loaded onto the deck of USS LST-1010 at Portsmouth, VA., March 1945. Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
    LST 1010 61k LCT(6)-581 on the deck of USS LST-1010 at Okinawa May 1945. Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
    LCT 581 41k LCT(6)-581 being slid off the deck of USS LST-1010 at Okinawa in June 1945. Art Aregoni USS LST-492 and USS LST-1010
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-581 available 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 22 June 2018