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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-977

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 Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 7 December 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 8 February 1944
  • Delivered, 10 February 1944
  • Placed in service, February 1944
    ENS. James T. Harnack, USNR Officer in Charge (from February 1944)
    ENS. Robert Thomas McCurdy USNR Executive Officer (from May 1944)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-977 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Nineteen
     LCT Group Forty-Four, LT. Paul E. Ross, USNR
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-977 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 9 April 1946
  • LCT(6)-977 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.8.3 Service Group - Dispatch Boat and Boat Pool for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • 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-977 245k LCT(6)-977 and LCT(6)-950 beached near Hollandia, New Guinea in 1944. The unidentified docked vessel in the foreground is most likely an Army FS Julia McCurdy Gimbel for her father LTjg. Robert T. McGurdy Executive Officer LCT-977
    LCT-977 121k LCT(6)-977 Skipper LTjg.James T. Harnack on the left (from Pittsburgh), an unidentified sailor in the center, and Executive Officer LTjg. Robert Thomas McCurdy on the right. Julia McCurdy Gimbel for her father LTjg. Robert T. McGurdy Executive Officer LCT-977
    There is no history available for LCT(6)-977 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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