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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-987

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6)
  • Laid down, 27 December 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 23 February 1944
  • Delivered, 25 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown, ENS. R. R. Smith, USNR, Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-987 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. L. L. Tower, USN (21);
     LCT Group Thirty-Seven, LT. A. J. Cross, USNR; and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 20 July 1944     		Tinian capture and occupation
    24 July to 10 August 1944

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • LCT-987 earned two battle stars 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-987 403k LCT(6)-987 loading torpedoes aboard USS Lexington (CV-16), 8 November 1944, probably at Ulithi Atoll-.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-268150 by PHoN Rice, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 David Wright
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 29 March 2019