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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-533

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) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:

Laid down, 26 August 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.

Launched, 8 September 1943

Delivered and placed in service, 24 September 1943

During World War II LCT(6)-533 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla Four, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard in command, and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Following service in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)533 was assigned the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and came under the command of:
LCT Flotilla Forty-Four
LCT Group One Hundred Thirty

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

LCT(6)-533 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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.

three propellers, 675shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1018053307	257k	Members of the *834th Engineer Aviation Battalion* load equipment aboard *LCT(6)-533* during amphibious training at Torquay, England. US Army Air Corps photo #'s 76763 A.C. and 76765, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	David Upton
1018053308	272k		David Upton
1018053309	275k	Members of the *834th Engineer Aviation Battalion* load equipment aboard *LCT(6)-533* (left) and *LCT(6)-548* (right) during amphibious training at Torquay, England. US Army Air Corps photo #'s 76769 A.C. now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.	David Upton
	97k	*LCT(6)-533* passing by in the right middle distance, followed by a 'Rhino' tug (RHT). In the foreground an LCVP pulls up alongside two LCS(R) boats off 'Utah' Beach, 10 June 1944. The LCS(R)s are from *USS Bayfield* (APA-33) and USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13)*. Photographed by Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8). US National Archives photo 80-G-252689*, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	222k	German Prisoners of War on Utah Beach. Photo taken from *LCT(6)-533* while high and dry on Utah Beach, June 1944.	Don Endecott for ENS. O.C. Yocom LCT-510
	162k	German Prisoners of War on Utah Beach. Photo taken from *LCT(6)-533* while high and dry on Utah Beach, June 1944.	Don Endecott for ENS. O.C. Yocom LCT-510
1016053304 111-SC-189900-S	271k	American assault troops, carrying full equipment, move onto Omaha Beach, in Northern France from *LCT(6)-533, while additional landing craft in the background jam the harbor waiting to unload men and equipment. US Army Signal Corps Photo's 111-SC-189900-S, 111-SC-189901-S and 111-SC-189902-S* now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Tommy Trampp
1016053305 111-SC-189901-S	364k
1016053306 111-SC-189902-S	299k