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Lost to enemy action, 6 June 1944

Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-703

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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)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

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During World War II LCT(6)-703 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater
: LCT Flotilla Seventeen, CDR. R. Craig Fabian;
LCT Group Fifty and participated in the following campaign:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944

Final Disposition, lost from sinking, 6 June 1944

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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. Ships' Service Generators

three propellers, 675shp

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	472k	LCT(6)-703 was mined, strafed, and hit by Germany 88's off the beaches at Normandy on D-Day. She was abandoned by her crew. About a half a minute before a mine blew a hole right through LCT-703 crew member Lewis A. While, MoMM3c, USNR, seen here, was standing right where the hole is located. US National Archives photo #80-G-244775, a US Navy photo received at the US National Archives, 11 September 1944.		Mike Black
	286k	LCT(6)-703 crew members looking at one of the many holes in the craft. Kneeling (L-R) Francis A. Droullard, GM2c, USNR, Willie S. Jones S1c, USNR, Charles Barone MoMM1c, USNR, Roy Raynich SM3c, USNR and Harold Shook BM1c. USNR, Second Row (L-R) Norman M. Burrell S1c, USNR, John E. Shultz S1c, USNR, Scholas R. Madden F1c, USNR, Tyrus R. Newby S1c, USNR, Edward E. Decker S1c, USNR, James Black S1c, USNR and Joseph Grossman SC2c. USNR, Back Row (L-R) Aiden E. Andry QM3c, USNR, Lewis A White MoMM3c, USNR and Frank Lynn CM2c. USNR. US National Archives photo #80-G-244777, a US Navy photo received at the US National Archives, 11 September 1944.		Mike Black
	235k	On spot being looked at by members of the the crew of LCT(6)-703 there was a jeep loaded with 1500 pounds of TNT when a shell made a direct hit on it as the crew was abandoning ship. Left to right are Harold Shook, BM1c, USNR, Ray Raynich, SM3c, USNR, in the shell hole in the bulkhead is Willie S. Jones S1c, USNR, Charles Barone MoMM1c, USNR and Francis A. Droullard, GM2c, USNR US National Archives photo #80-G-244776, a US Navy photo received at the US National Archives, 11 September 1944.		Mike Black

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There is no history record for LCT(6)-703 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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