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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-863

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 20 January 1944, at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 22 February 1944
  • Delivered, 29 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-863 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 6 September to 14 October 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-863 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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    LCT-863 111k Three LCTs including LCT(6)-863 ready for delivery moored at at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS. Ronald S. Jacobs was the pilot aboard LCT(6)-863 for the first leg of the journey from Kansas City to St. Louis. Tommy Trampp
    LCT-863 129k LCT(6)-863 underway at Tacloban, Leyte in November 1945 headed for USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) with approximately 400 army personnel who boarded the transport for the journey home.
    Photograph from the collection of Chaplain LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan USNR.    		 Richard Hulan for father LTjg Leroy S. Hulan CHC USNR USS Rodman
    There is no history for LCT(6)-863 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 6 September 2019