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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-926

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 31 August 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 4 November 1943
  • Delivered, 7 November 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. T.W. Butler USNR, Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-926 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater;
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Eight,
     LCT Group One Hundred-Twelve in the Solomon Islands and
    LCT Flotilla Six, LT. L.W. Weigel, USNR
     LCT Group Seventeen
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • 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-926
    1018092601    		 88k LCT(5)-323, left, and LCT(6)-926, center, at Torokina, Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Richard Fox, World War II Landing Craft Tanks web site
    LST-267
    1016026706    		 159k LCT(6)-926 beached alongside USS LST-267 being assisted by a bulldozer to clear enough beach soil away so that she can open her bow doors to lower the ramp at Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944.
    Frame from short film named "Marines Load Equipment at Pavuvu For Palau Invasion", National Archives ID 77568. Local ID 428-NPC-5573. Verification reference USS LST-267- War Diary, 8/1-31/44, National Archives./font>    		 David Upton
    LCT-926
    1018092602    		 571k LCT(6)-926 and USS LST-267 beached in Macquitti Bay, Pavuvu, Russell Islands, 23 August 1944.
    Frame from short film named "Marines Load Equipment at Pavuvu For Palau Invasion", National Archives ID 77568. Local ID 428-NPC-5573. Verification reference USS LST-267- War Diary, 8/1-31/44, National Archives./font>    		 David Upton
    LCT-926
    1018092603    		 634k LCT(6)-926 loading troops at, Pavuvu in the Russell Islands, 28 August 1944, in exercises to prepare for the Palau Islands landings.
    Frame from a short film called " Marines on Maneuvers At Guadalcanal in Preparation for Palau Invasion", National Archives ID 77567, Local ID 428-NPC-5572. Photographed by Cpl. W. A. Spangler, 1st Marine Div. Photo Sec. Dept. of the Navy./font>    		 David Upton
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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