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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-624

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
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 5 November 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 19 November 1943
  • Delivered, 23 November1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-624 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR Pruet, 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 campaign LCT(6)-624 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Forty-Four
    LCT Group One Hundred Thirty
  • Placed out of service in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1946
  • LCT(6)-624 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-624 51k LCT(6)-624 is beached in the center of this photo with USS LCI(L)-85 beyond her, probably at or near Slapton Sands, England, during rehearsals for the Normandy invasion. A M4 "Sherman" tank, with floatation skirts, is partially visible at left.
    US Navy photo # NH 100085-KN from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LST-766 168k USS LST-766 under way off San Francisco, CA., with LCT(6)-624 on board, in 1945-1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79555. Courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
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