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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-870

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 - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 23 February 1944, at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 28 March 1944
  • Delivered, 5 April 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-870 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Four, LCDR. F. Carmondy
     LCT Group Seventy-One at New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa
  • Following World War II, LCT(6)-870 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 8 September 1945 to 25 March 1946
  • Placed out of service, 25 March 1946, and turned over the the occupation government of Japan
  • 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-870 69k LCT(6)-870 beached near Yokohama, Japan, date unknown. Bob Masbaum for his father Robert J. Masbaum, Sr. MoMM3/c LCT-870
    LCT-870 87k
    LCT-870 41k View for the well-deck of LCT(6)-870 looking forward, date and location unknown. Bob Masbaum for his father Robert J. Masbaum, Sr. MoMM3/c LCT-870
    LCT-870 69k View looking aft from the bow toward the conning tower and stern of LCT(6)-870 underway with a load of cargo, date and location unknown. Bob Masbaum for his father Robert J. Masbaum, Sr. MoMM3/c LCT-870
    LCT-870 40k LCT(6)-870 signal light. Note the reflection of MoMM3/c Masbaum in the lights lens, date and location unknown. Bob Masbaum for his father Robert J. Masbaum, Sr. MoMM3/c LCT-870
    LCT-870 51k Unidentified LCT(6)-870 crew member with a monkey, date and location unknown. Bob Masbaum for his father Robert J. Masbaum, Sr. MoMM3/c LCT-870
    There is no history for LCT(6)-870 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 1 February 2019