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Landing Ship Utility LSU-684
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 Landing Craft Tank LCT(6)-684 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Korean Service Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
Third Row - Philippines Liberation Medal (1) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Memorial Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 4 March 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 29 March 1944
  • Delivered, 1 April 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-684 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Four, LCDR. F. Carmondy
     LCT Group Seventy and participated in the following campaign;

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Manila Bay - Bicol operations
    Carabao Island, Manila Bay. 16 April 1945

  • Following World War II LCT(6)-684 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 8 September 1945 to 25 March 1946
  • Redesignated Utility Landing Ship LSU-684 in 1949
  • LSU-684 served in the Korean War zone from 22 September 1951 to 4 August 1952
  • 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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    General Nelson M Walker 87k LSU-684 ferrying former Allied prisoners of war out to the USNS General Nelson M. Walker (T-AP-125) at anchor in Inchon, harbor, South Korea. The General Nelson M. Walker was the first ship to head for home from Korea with former prisoners as passengers.
    AP wirephoto dated 11 August 1952.    		 Ron Reeves
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    Last Updated 13 July 2018