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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-781

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - 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, 19 January 1944, at Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon, OH.
  • Launched, 7 February 1944
  • Delivered, 9 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-781 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation, Leyte landings, 20 October 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck From the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • LCT(6)781 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Sold for commercial service, date unknown, in the Philippines and Celebes Islands immediately after World War II to Steve DiPierdomenico MMoM/2c LCT-1099
  • 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-781
    1018078101    		 318k LCT(6)-781 grounded about 70 yards from the shore of Leyte Island, P.I., 20 October 1944.
    From COM PHIB GR 3 "Report of Participation in Amphibious Ops the Capture of Leyte Is, Philippines, 9/15//44-10/23/44" page 97. NARA catalog ID 4697018    		 David Upton
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-781 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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