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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-727

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Lingayen Gulf, 9 to 14 January 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 22 January 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 10 February 1944
  • Delivered, 3 March 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-727 and was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
     LCT Group Sixty-Four and
    LCT Group Sixty-Six (temporary), LT. E. L. Huie and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 18 January 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • LCT(6)-727 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-727
    1018072701    		 201k LCT(6)-727 landing U.S. Army I40th nfantry Division equipment on Orange-Green Beach, 9 January 1945, in Lingayen Gul, Luzon, P.I.
    COMTASK-GROUP 79.2 Rep of amphibious assault on Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Is., Philippines, 1/9-12/45, page 86. NARA Catalog ID 4697018    		 David Upton
    There is no history for LCT(6)-727 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - June 1945
    USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - July 1945
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 16 February 2024