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Landing Ship Utility - LSU-634
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 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-634 (1949 - 1952)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service, Medal - Korean Service Medal (3)
Bottom Row - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal (Korea)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 3 December 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 19 December 1943
  • Delivered, 3 April 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-634 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Four, LCDR F. Carmondy;
     LCT Group Seventy and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Manila Bay-Bicol operation
    Carabo Island, Manila Bay, 16 April 1945
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-634 in 1949
  • During the Korean War LSU-634 participated in the following campaigns:

    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Second Korean Winter, 22 September to 30 April 1952 Second Korean Winter, 1 to 26 December 1952
    Korean Defense Summer-Fall, 1 May to 30 November 1952  

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-634 earned one battle star for World War II service and as LSU-634 earned three battle stars for Korean War 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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