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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-602

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):

Laid down, 21 October 1943, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.

Launched, 23 November 1943

Delivered and placed in service, 29 November 1943

During World War II LCT-602 was assigned to the European Theater, LCT Flotilla 12, LCDR William Leide in command, and participated in the:

Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Placed out of service, August 1946 at Green Cover Springs, St John River, FL.

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs.

Struck From the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCT-602 earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
Beam 32' 8"
Draft 5'; (max)
Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 14
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
Armament 2 single 20mm AA gun mounts, 4 .50 cal. machine guns
Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield
Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
36k	*LCT-602* beached at NAB Little Creek, VA., 1945.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
117k	*LCT-602* at NAB Little Creek, VA., 1945, looking bow to stern.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
69k	Six of the twelve original crew of *LCT-602* at NAB Little Creek, VA., 1945.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
81k	Crew of *LCT-602* after seven other men had been transferred or discharged after World War II ended, at NAB Little Creek, VA., 1945.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
85k	*LCT-602* and *LCT-541* moored at NAB Little Creek, VA., 1945.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
54k	*LCT-602* underway while approaching a bridge on the Intercoastal Water, 1945	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
77k	*LCT-602* underway on the St John River, FL, 1946.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
87k	*LCT-602* at Gibbs Shipyard, Jacksonville, FL. 1946 while being converted t oa "reefer ship" *LCT-602* had self-contained walk-in freezers spotted on our deck and welded down. Four were located on the tank deck and two spotted between the superstructures. *LCT-602* then serviced the mother ship of each of the nested ships anchored in the middle of the river. There were many LSTs, LCIs, LSMRs, and DEs in the mothball 16th fleet.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
60k	*LCT-602* with self-contained walk-in freezers spotted on our deck and welded down, 1946.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
115k	*LCT-602, LCT-522* and *LCT-603* nested at Green Cove Springs, St. John River Reserve Fleet, FL., 1946.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
75k	*LCT-602, and LCT-545* nested at Green Cove Springs, St. John River Reserve Fleet, FL., 1946.	CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret. (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)