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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-992

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 (2) Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 6 January 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 3 March 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 3 March 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-992 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 7 July 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • LCT(6)-992 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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    1018099207    		 131k LCT(6)-992 approaching USS LST-466 to unload men and equipment for the invasion of Leyte Island, Philippines, 20 October 1944.
    Frames from a short film named "Philippine Operations, Leyte. Department of the Army. National Archives ID 16833, Local ID 111-ADC-3030    		 David Upton
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    1018099201    		 100k LCT(6)-992 married to USS LST-466 to unload men and equipment for the invasion of Leyte Island, Philippines, 20 October 1944.
    Frames from a short film named "Philippine Operations, Leyte. Department of the Army. National Archives ID 16833, Local ID 111-ADC-3030    		 David Upton
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    Last Updated 29 March 2024