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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-928


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal


Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 3 September 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 8 November 1943
  • Delivered, 11 November 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS C. Culotta USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-928 was assigned to Asiatic Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Fourteen, LCDR. A. Z. Kouri USNR;
    LCT Group Forty-One , LT G.P. Franklin USNR and participated in the following campaign;

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
  • Placed out of service, date and location unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-928 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-928
    1018092805
    171k LCT(6)-925 being floated out of a drydock at Navy Yard Mare island, Vallejo, CA., circa November 1943.
    Still image from "Building of LCT-6" LCNational Archives 78263688 Local ID 428-NPC-2098 Dept. of the Navy. Moving Image.
    David Upton
    LCT-928
    1018092802
    202k LCT(6)-925 being floated out of a drydock at Navy Yard Mare island, Vallejo, CA., circa November 1943.
    Still image from "Building of LCT-6" LCNational Archives 78263688 Local ID 428-NPC-2098 Dept. of the Navy. Moving Image.
    David Upton
    LCT-928
    1018092803
    195k
    LCT-928
    1018092804
    187k
    LCT-928 35k LCT(6)-928 and LCT(6)-771 beached at Ngeregong Palau, Western Caroline Islands in 1945 while loading the US Army 45th Coast Artillery.
    Photo courtesy collection of the late Col. Bud Halsey
    Sam Stokes
    Abatan 78k LCT(6)-928 alongside USS Abatan (AW-4) at Ulithi, circa, 21 March 1945 to mid-September 1945. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

    There is no history available for LCT(6)-928 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
    Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order
    Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D"

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