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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-547

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
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, 15 September 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 29 September 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service, 22 October 1943, ENS. James E. Brown, USNR, Officer in charge
  • During World War II LCT(6)-547 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater;
    LCT Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR Pruet
     LCT Group Fifty-Five and participated in the following campaign

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy - Omaha Beach, 6 to 25 June 1944
    Transported Battalion Staff with HQ Battery 197th AAA AW (SP) Battalion, LCOL McEniry
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-547 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-547
    1018054702    		 198k Beyond the bow of the Rhino Ferry, middle from the left; LCT(6)-547, LCT(6)-543, LCT(5)-27 next to two unknown LCTs in Portland Harbor, Weymouth, Dorset, England, 2-5 June.
    TimeLife-image 116712796 by David Scherman, Life Magazine. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LCT-547 29k LCT(6)-547 crew that landed on "Easy Red" Sector at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Invasion on the morning of 6 June 1944. Note Wallace Ritterbusch, MOmm/3c's name was not included in the photo caption. He is standing behind and to the right of ENS. Brown. Clarence S. Gramling, QM2/c LCT-547
    There is no history for LCT(6)-547 available 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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