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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1422

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

LCT(6)-1422 was transferred to Denmark and named Vidar (A567)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 13 November 1944 at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 10 November 1944 13 Oct 44 10 Nov 44 23 Nov 44
  • Delivered, 23 November 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1422 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Eight, LCDR. M. R. Doherty, USNR;
     LCT Group One Hundred Fourteen
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, circa 1963 and transferred to Denmark
  • Commissioned into the Danish Navy as Vidar (A567), 7 March 1963
  • Decommissioned by the Danish Navy, August 1967
  • 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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