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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-517

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944, Invasion of Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 5 July 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 12 August 1943
  • Delivered, 29 September 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-517 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla 4, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-517 earned one battle star 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-517
    1018051701    		 157k LCT-517 passes SS Empire Javelin (An Infantry Landing Ship or "LSI (Large)" in service with the UK in the latter part of the Second World War.) off Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944.
    Frames from a short film named "'D' Day Off Coast of France. Sinking LCI, Bombardment of Coast and Various Unloading Scenes." U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier 77008. Local Identifier 428-NPC-4239. NAIL Control Number NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-4239    		 David Upton
    LST-511 188k LCT 517 being loaded aboard USS LST-510 for the trip home in May 1945.
    LST Scuttlebutt, November/December 1992 issue (p. 45)    		 Zach Morris Associate Member and Editor, LST Scuttlebutt Magazine U.S. Landing Ship Tank Association
    LST-510 64k USS LST-510 (with LCT 517 loaded on her main deck) and USS LST-291 nested with two unidentified LSTs in May 1945 at a US port. LST-510 also brought along 140 American prisoners of war on their journey home.
    LST Scuttlebutt, November/December 1992 issue (p. 45)    		 Zach Morris Associate Member and Editor, LST Scuttlebutt Magazine U.S. Landing Ship Tank Association
    There is no history available for LCT(6)-517 at NavSource.
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