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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-839

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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 6 May 1944, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, MO.
  • Launched, 29 May 1944
  • Delivered, 7 June 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. R.D. Willis, USNR, Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-839 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One, LCDR. C.V. Dilley USNR
     LCT Group Ninety-Two, LT. N.S. MacPhee USNR and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-839 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 7 March 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, destroyed by sinking or burning in December 1947
    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-839 68k LCT(6)-839 under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.    		 Robert Hurst
    LCT-839 470k LCT(6)-839 under way in heavy seas in the open ocean in 1945.
    Photo by Donald Berton Dale RM3/c LCT-1195    		 Bernard Urbanik
    There is no history for LCT(6)-839 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 18 January 2019