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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-678

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 17 February 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 11 March 1944
  • Delivered, 15 March 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-678 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-678 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 4 April 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • 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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    LSM-168 52k From left to right LCT(6)-678 supporting LSM-168, LSM-237 and LSM-133 at Mindoro Island while loading for the invasion of Palawan Island, Philippine Islands, date unknown.. Submitted by James Tusing, courtesy George Berry USS LSM 168
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    1018067801    		 318k LCT(6)-678 at Sasebo, Japan in 1946 transporting repatriated Japanese soldiers and workers from Korea.
    Life Magazine. TimeLife image 750556, by Alfred Eisenstaedt. (For personal non-commercial use only.)    		 David Upton
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    1018067802
    TL# 116273523     		313k LCT(6)-678 at Sasebo, Japan in 1946 transporting repatriated Japanese soldiers and workers from Korea. In the background are several surrendered IJN ships, the closest is the T.9 a high speed armed landing craft transport and the largest is the Jun'yo, a Hiyo-class aircraft carrier.
    Life Magazine. TimeLife image 116273523, by Alfred Eisenstaedt. (For personal non-commercial use only.)    		 David Upton
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    1018067803
    TL# 116273491    		 303k
    LCT-678
    1018067802
    TL# 116273489    		 336k
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    1018067805
    TL# 116273478    		 257k
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