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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-687

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right, top to bottom
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 13 March 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 6 April 1944
  • Delivered, 12 April 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-687 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Consolidation of the southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • LCT(6)-687 earned two battle stars 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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    1018068701    		 730k LCT(6)-687 off the Leyte beachhead as Japanese aircraft bomb the invasion fleet in October 1944. Note the flak spotting the skies as American anti-aircraft batteries open up on the Japanese raiders.
    US National Archives Identifier 205585420, Local Identifier 26-G-3701, U.S. Coast Guard Photo # 3701.    		 David Upton
    LST-206 50k LCT(6)-687 and USS LST-206 beached with three unidentified LSTs, date and location unknown. Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
    Catamount 53k LCT(6)- 687 entering the well deck of USS Catamount (LSD-17), date and location unknown. Janine Hilton
    Catamount 49k
    There is no history record of LCT(6)-687 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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    Last Updated 27 August 2021