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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-649

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - (Invasion of Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal

LCT(6)-649 was transferred to Denmark and named Odin (A561)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 9 January 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 28 January 1944
  • Delivered 31 January 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-649 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participating in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944 (Task Group 124.5)
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register circa 1961-62 and transferred to Denmark
  • LCT(6)-649 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Commissioned into the Danish Navy as Odin (A561), 10 January 1962
  • Decommissioned by the Danish Navy, August 1967
  • 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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    1018064901    		 129k LCT(6)-649 beached during Marine Corps landing exercises on the east coast of the United States, probably, at either NAB Little Creek, VA. or Onslow Beach, N.C. David Upton
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    LCT-649 92k LCT(6)-649 beached at the Normandy, date unknown. Jesse Iatonna LCT(5)-218
    HDMS Odin (A-561)
    LCT-649 81k Ex-LCT(6)-649 in Danish naval service as HDMS Odin (A-561) underway circa 1962.
    Official Danish Navy photo.     		Robert Hurst
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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