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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-522

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944, Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 20 July 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 18 August 1943
  • Delivered 7 October 1943
  • During World War II LCT(6)-522 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT Flotilla Four, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Place out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-522 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Registered in 1953 by Powell Bros, Inc. Fort Lauderdale, FL. as barge DB 19 homeported at Miami, FL.
  • Out of documentation in 1983.
  • 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.
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-522 52k LCT(6)-522 unloading trucks at Utah Beach onto a "Rhino" (RHF) pontoon barge during the Invasion of Normandy, 11 June 1944.
    National Archives Motion Picture still frame    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCT-522 74k Men on the "Rhino" (RHF) pontoon barge duck to avoid fire from a strafing German airplane off Normandy on 11 June 1944. LCT(6)-522 is backing away from the Rhino. Sunken ships of a "Gooseberry" artificial harbor breakwater are in the background. Photographed by Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8).
    US National Archives Photo # 80-G-252834, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.    		 Dave Kerr
    LCT-602 115k LCT(6)-522, LCT(6)-602 and LCT(6)-603 nested, at Green Cove Springs, St. John River Reserve Fleet, FL., 1946. CDR. Michael G. Kapnas, USNR Ret (OIC LCT-602 and LCT-538, 1945-46)
    There is no history available for LCT(6)-522 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 15 December 2023