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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-734
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Lingayen Gulf) - 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, 8 February 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
Launched, 24 February 1944
Delivered, 21 March 1944
Placed in service, date unknown
During World War II LCT(6)-734 and was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
LCT Group Sixty-Five 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, 4 to 18 January 1945
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Placed out of service, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
LCT(6)-734 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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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 - January 1945
USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - August 1945
World War II LCT Flotillas
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
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Last Updated 20 July 2018