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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-645

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, Normandy) - 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, 4 January 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 26 January 1944
  • Delivered, 29 January 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-645 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • For the Invasion of Normandy LCT(6)-645 was assigned to Task Group 124.5
  • Following service in the Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign LCT(6)-645 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Forty-Four
    LCT Group One Hundred Thirty
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • LCT(6)-645 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-645
    1018064505
    TL 116703460    		 331k LCT(6)-645 underway outside the harbor at Cherbourg, France, circa July/August 1944.
    TimeLife_image_116703460 and TimeLife_image_116703461 by Life Magazine Photographer David Scherman. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
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    1018064502
    TL 1167903461    		 422k
    LCT-645
    1018064503    		 408k LCT(6)-645 underway in the harbor at Cherbourg, France, circa July/August 1944.
    TimeLife_image_116703455 by Life Magazine Photographer David Scherman. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LCT-645
    1018064504    		 295k LCT(6)-645 beached in the harbor at Cherbourg, France, circa July/August 1944. Photo was taken from and LST, most likely, USS LST-291
    TimeLife_image_116703390 by Life Magazine Photographer David Scherman. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LCT-645
    .1018064501    		 30k LCT(6)-645 underway, date and location unknown. HyperWar
    US Navy in WWII
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