USS LCT-777

USS *LCT-777*
History
United States of America
Name	U.S.S. LCT-777
Laid down	Unknown
Launched	Unknown
Commissioned	Unknown
In service	January 1944
Out of service	1944
Fate	Sunk, 06 June 1944
General characteristics
Displacement	tons
Length	feet
Beam	feet, inches
Draft	feet
Propulsion
Speed	10 knots
Complement	1 Officer, 13 Enlisted
Armament	two single 20mm AA guns; four .50 Caliber Machine Guns;
Aircraft carried	None
Aviation facilities	None

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

U.S.S. LST-777 was a Mark 6 Landing Craft Tank of the United States Navy during World War II.

Ship History

Built in 1943 at Mount Vernon, Ohio, LCT-777 was delivered to the Navy in January 1944. She was then assigned to LCT FLOTILLA SEVENTEEN, LCT GROUP FIVE ZERO under command of Commander R. Fabian. The LCT-777 took part in the massive Invasion of Normandy, where she was sunk stern-first^[1] on 6 June 1944^[2]^[3] by German naval mines about 500 yards 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.

References

[1] ttps://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ocr/nlm:nlmuid-14321920RX2-mvpart

[2] ttps://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a255564.pdf

[3] ttps://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2720

[4] ttps://www.alabamagazette.com/story/2019/11/01/news/honoring-our-heros/1772.html

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