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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-626

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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

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During World War II LCT(6)-626 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

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1016031711 TL 1166887744	380k	USS LST-317 and five LCTs including LCT(6)-626 (right background) and LCT(6)-543 (left background) loaded and waiting to depart at Portland Harbor, near Weymouth England, 1-3 June 1944, for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France. TimeLife_image_1166887744 and 1166887745, photos by David E. Scherman, For Personal non-commercial use only.		David Upton
1016031712 TL 1166887745	334k
1018062603	343k	LCT's including LCT(6)-626 alongside British HM LCT-2487 (middle of photo), 1-3 June 1944, in Portland Harbor, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, preparing for Operation Neptune/Operation Overlord, the Invasion of Normandy, France. TimeLife_image_1166887745 by Life Magazine photographer David Scherman. For personal non-commercial use only.		David Upton
	89k	LCT(6)-626 underway, date and place unknown.		Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
1018062604	127k	LCT(6)-626 underway off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. Select frame from a short film called "Invasion, Fox-Green Beachhead, Omaha Beach, France; Convoys And Loading LCTs, Omaha Beach, France" Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Army. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 15277, Local ID 111-ADC-1470		David Upton
	233k	1/16 scale model of LCT(6)-626 by Philippe Gonzales.		Photo by Philippe Gonzales

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There is no history record for LCT(6)-626 available at Navsource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
World War II LCT Flotillas

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