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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-585

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944) - 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):
  • Laid down, 12 August 1943, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 28 September 1943
  • Delivered, 30 September 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-585 was assigned initially to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
  • While assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)-585 came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Twelve, LCDR William Leide;
     and
     LCT Flotilla Seventeen, CDR. R. Craig
     LST Group Fifty and participated in the following campaign;

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT(6)-585 came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Forty
     LST Group One Hundred Twenty-Eight
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck From the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • LCT(6)-585 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.
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT)-765
    1018076504    		 160k LCT(6)-585 and LCT-765(6) loaded with troops in Seine Bay off Normandy, 7 June 1944.
    Frames from the short film "Activity in Seine Bay, Near St. Marcoux; Landing Craft Move In While USS Nevada Bombards". Dept. of the Navy. National Archives ID 77048; Local ID 428-NPC-4308.    		 David Upton
    LCT)-765
    1018076505    		 145k
    LCT)-765
    1018076506    		 171k
    LST-1061 163k LCT(6)585 loaded on the deck of USS LST-1061 as the LST arrives in San Francisco Bay after leaving Okinawa where she was damaged during Typhoon Louise, 9 October 1945. Note starboard bow door is missing.
    US Navy photo courtesy of Timothy J. Scott for his father, Walter F. Scott, MOMM3/c, USS LST-1061 1945-1946.    		 Robert C. Smith, Archivist US Navy Memorial Foundation
    There is no history for LCT(6)-585 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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