USS LCT-777

USS LCT-777

History
United States
Name	LCT-777
In service	January 1944
Out of service	1944
Fate	Sunk, 6 June 1944
General characteristics
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	1 officer, 13 enlisted
Armament	two single 20 mm AA guns four .50-caliber machine guns

USS LCT-777 was a Mark 6 Landing Craft Tank of the United States Navy during World War II.

History

Built in 1943 at Mount Vernon, Ohio, LCT-777 was delivered to the US Navy in January 1944. She was then assigned to LCT Flotilla Seventeen, LCT Group 50. The LCT-777 took part in the Invasion of Normandy, where she was sunk stern-first ^[1] on 6 June 1944 ^{[2] [3]} by German naval mines about 500 yards (460 m) off of Omaha Beach. As a result of the explosion, five sailors were killed, and another six were badly wounded. Four tanks were sunk with her. ^[4] She was stricken from the Naval Register on 27 November 1944.

Decorations

LCT-777 received one battle star.

• Combat Action Ribbon
• American Campaign Medal
• European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with star
• World War II Victory Medal

Citations

1. "Iwo Jima" . Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. Ball, James F. (1977). The Effects of Sea Mining on Amphibious Warfare (PDF) (Thesis). U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
3. "USS LCT-777 [+1944]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
4. Simmons, Martha Poole (1 November 2019). "Honoring Our Heros". Alabama Gazette. Retrieved 17 January 2023.