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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-654

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)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 17 January 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 7 February 1944
  • Delivered 9 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-654 was loaded onto USS LST-980 at Norfolk, VA., 6 April 1944
  • LCT(6)-654 was unloaded, 8 May 1944, at Plymouth (Jennycliff), England
  • During World War II LCT(6)-654 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla Twenty-Six and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy Omaha Beach - 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-654 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-654, 15 April 1952
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-654 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-654 52k LCT(6)-654 docked and waiting to be loaded onto an LST for return to the US. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 59k
    LCT-654 51k LCT(6)-654 being hoisted to the dock. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 65k LCT(6)-654 being lowered to the dock. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 51k
    LCT-654 46k LCT(6)-654 on the dock waiting to be loaded onto the LST. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 55k LCT-654 being hoisted from the dock to the deck of the LST. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 67k LCT(6)-654 being lowered onto skids on the LST's deck. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 50k LCT(6)-654 on the LSTs deck. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 22k Harry Allston sitting of the fantail of LCT(6)-654. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 49k LCT(6)-654 secured to the deck of the LST and under way for the US. Harry J Allston
    LCT-654 36k
    LST-525 241k USS Caroline County(LST-525) in North Star Bay, Greenland with LCU-654 loaded on her main deck, date unknown.
    US National Archives Photo # 80-G-482996, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Mike Smolinski
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    The World War II LCT Flotillas
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