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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-883

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Lingayen Gulf, 9 to 14 January 1945) - 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, 3 May 1944, at Derby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas, KS.
  • Launched, 29 May 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 4 June 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-883 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Seven,
     LCT Group Eighty-One, LT. W.B. Hazeltine and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 8 to 18 January 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-883 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-884
    1018088404    		 3,598k From left to right; LCT(6)-884, LCT(6)-1167, LCT(6)-1150, LCT(6)-908, LCT(6)-883, LCT(6)-1033, LCT(6)-834 and at least five unidentified LCTs unload along White Beach, Base M, Luzon Philippine Islands. 25 February 1945.
    US Army Signal Corps Photo # 294911, Local Identifier 111-SCA-2958, US National Archives Identifier 80680345    		 David Upton
    LCT-800 205k LCT Flotilla 27, Group 81 Letter of Commendation for service during the Luzon operation at Lingayen Gulf. Debra Burns for her Father Frank J. Katzler, Coxswain LCT-1167
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-883 available at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 10 December 2021