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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-956

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 28 October 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 3 January 1944
  • Delivered, 4 January 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-956 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, South Pacific Force and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Hollandia operation
    Aitape Humboldt Bay - Tanahmerah Bay, 28 April to 1 June 1944     		Western New Guinea operation
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944

  • Following World War II LCT(6)-956 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 15 February 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-956 earned two battle stars for World War II
  • 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-894
    1018089401    		 181k LCT(6)-956 and LCT(6)-894 beached while offloading trucks in the Philippines, circa October 1944-July 1945.
    US Naval Construction Battalion No 0042 1944-1945 Year book, page 117    		 David Upton
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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