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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-933

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, 10 September 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 16 November 1943
  • Delivered, 24 November 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. L.W. Hagen USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-933 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Three, LT. J.W Ingham USNR;
    LCT Group Eight, LT. J.W. Bean USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur Islands) and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-933 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-933
    1018093301    		 125k LCT(6)-933 in the water alongside YD-33, next to USS LST-273 with LCT(6)-935 just loaded aboard, 21 December 1943.
    Ref. USS LST-273- War Diary, 12/1-31/43 National Archives Identifier 7826368 and
    Still image from "Building of LCT-6" National Archives Identifier 78263688 Local ID 428-NPC-2098 Dept. of the Navy. Moving Image    		 David Upton
    LCT-933
    1018093302    		 154k
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