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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-810


LCT(6)-810 was transferred to Denmark and named Brage (A544)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 10 November 1943, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, MO.
  • Launched, 12 December 1943
  • Delivered, 3 January 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-810 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 to 25 June1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register circa 1963 and transferred to Denmark
  • LCT(6)-810 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Commissioned into the Danish Navy as Brage (A544), 1 May 1963
  • Decommissioned by the Danish Navy, August 1967
  • 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-302
    1018030201    		 3751k Numerous LCTs including LCT(6)-810, LCT-852 and LCT(A)-2302 high and dry on the Normandy beachhead as Army troops dig in, circa June 6 or 7, 1944.
    US National Archives Identifier 176887892, a US Army Signal Corps photo.    		 David Upton
    LST-372
    1016037202    		 116k USS LST-372 underway in San Francisco Bay with LCT(6)-810 loaded on her main deck, circa 1944.
    Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum - US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84689    		 Darryl Baker
    Mitch Bryk for his father Stanley Bryk LCT-810
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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