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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-811


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (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, 17 November 1943, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Launched, 28 December 1943
  • Delivered, 25 January 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, LTjg. H. Vroegindewey Officer-in-Charge
  • During World War II LCT(6)-811 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
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June1944
    Extracted from an E-mail message to Navsource
    "The crew of LCT 811 picked her up outside of New Orleans and proceeded to the Naval Amphibious Base at Little Creek, VA. for training. LCT 811 was loaded aboard an LST at New York and sailed for Europe in a convoy of oil tankers and LST's. During the voyage one oil tanker was lost to a U-boat attack. The LST carrying LCT-811 was detached from the convoy and proceeded to Plymouth, England were LCT-811 was off-loaded. LCT-811 proceeded to Falmouth and trained for the invasion of Normandy. She departed from England June 5th and landed the next day, June 6th, on Utah Beach in the 16th wave. She carried the Fourth Division's Ambulances, which were delivered safely to the beach. Later in the evening she made a second landing to pick up German prisoners to be delivered to an ambulance ship. The next morning LCT-811 brought the prisoners back to the beach. During a storm in the middle of June she was thrown up onto the beach and stranded. After a month of being stranded on the beach, bulldozers finally nudged her back into the water. LCT-811 continued to carry supplies and ammunition to the beachhead until sailing for South Hampton, England for repairs. Half of the crew were detached and sent home for leave and new assignments. Those crewmembers remaining with LCT-811 accompanied her home. LCT-811 was unbolted into three parts and placed on board the Navy transport USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130) for the voyage home. Crewmembers were given 30 days leave upon arrival home and then reassigned to train for the invasion of Japan."
    /s/James Procops BM2/c, Coxswain LCT-811
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-811 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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    201k LCT(6)-811 on Omaha Beach, Normandy, June 1944.
    dday.overloard.com - US Navy photo from the US National Archives
    Martin Hilgers
    LCT-811 50k LCT(6)-811 crew photo taken in France, 29 October 1944. The crew consisted of the following officers and men: LTJG H. Vroegindewey, OIC, ENS. Huttenga XO, James A. Procops, BM2/c, G. Juhasz, T. Mihalovich, S1/c, M. Pinto S1/c, R.N. Craft, EM2/c, H. Fredriksen, Cox., J. Piers (Signalman), R. Dysinger, MM2/c, T. O'Leary (cook), Taylor, MM2/c, E. Bloont, S1/c, J. Thorne, QM2/c, and J. Brennan Pharmacist mate 1st class. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 26k LCT(6)-811 in convoy in the English Channel, 31 December 1944. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 37k LCT(6)-811 20mm gun mount, M. Pinto on right and G. Juhasz on left, date and location unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 44k LCT(6)-811 bridge crew, SM Piers (left), QM Thorne (center) and BM/2c James Procops (right), date and location unknown. James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 31k LCT(6)-811 moored pierside, date and location unknown. James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 61k LCT(6)-811 crew photo 1945. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 27k LCT(6)-811 Officer-in-Charge, LTjg. H. Vroegindewey, date and location unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 47k LCT(6)-811 Executive Officer ENS.. Huttenga, England, February 1945. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 35k LCT(6)-811 conning tower. Note; "Half-hitch" painted on the side, date and location unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT-811
    LCT-811 37k LCT(6)-811 conning tower, another view of "Half-hitch", date and location unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 37k
    LCT-811 22k LCT Flotilla Seventeen staff, LT. Greenleif (left), LCDR. Lynn (center) and LT. Richtner, date and location unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT-811
    LCT-811 42k LCT(6)-811 beached, date and location unknown. Note the snow on the deck in this January 1945 photo. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT-811
    LCT-811 39k LCT(6)-811 crew members, Thorne (left), Juhasz (center) and O'Leary (left) pose in front of a German pillbox on the French coast, date unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 35k LCT(6)-811 and LCT(6)-531 moored at St. Vasst, France, date unknown. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT-811
    LCT-811 51k LCT(6)-811 divided into three sections for shipment back to the United States aboard USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130). Section one is visible in this photo. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811
    LCT-811 48k LCT(6)-811 divided into three sections for shipment back to the United States aboard USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130). Sections two and three are visible in this photo. Photo by James Procops BM2/c, LCT(6)-811

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