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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-799

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

LCT(6)-799 was transferred to France after World War II
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 18 May 1944, at Mount Vernon Bridge and Iron Co., Mount Vernon, OH.
  • Launched, 8 June 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 10 June 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-799 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Seven;
     LCT Group Eighty; and
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
     LCT Group Sixty-Six (temporary), LT. E. L. Huie and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 8 to 18 January 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • LCT(6)-799 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred to the French navy, date unknown, commissioned RFS L9092
  • Decommissioned by France, 7 May 1953
  • 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(6)-799
    LCT-697
    1018069702    		 368k Right to left; LCT(6)-697, LCT(6)-904, and LCT(6)-799 at North Harbor, Pier No. 2, Manila, Luzon, P.I. 22 August 1945. The Army personnel are from the 34th and 66th U.S. Army Signal Battalions, 355th and 3427th U.S. Army Signal Depot Companys. These are the first U.S. Army troops to arrive directly from the European Theater of Operations after VE Day.
    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo 325412. Local Identifier 111-SCA-2948, US National Archives Identifier 80678107    		 David Upton
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-799 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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