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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-798

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 11 May 1944, at Mount Vernon Bridge and Iron Co., Mount Vernon, OH.
  • Launched, 2 June 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 3 June 1944, ENS. Weidman, J.E. USNR in charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-798 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Three, LT G. W. Wagonhorst USNR;
     LCT Group Sixty-Eight, LT. O. W. Sommerhalter USNR
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • 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-798 126k LCT(6)-798 off-loading a half-track armored car, in June 1944, location unknown.
    National Archives photo    		 Ron Swanson
    LCT-798 57k LCT(6)-798 under way Samar, Philippine Islands in 1945. Photo taken from PT-590. John De Noma
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-798 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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    Last Updated 14 December 2018