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.
LCT-777 took part in the Invasion of Normandy, where she struck a mine about off Omaha Beach and sunk stern-first. on 6 June 1944
As a result of the explosion, five sailors were killed, and another six were badly wounded. Four tanks were sunk with her. She was stricken from the Naval Register on 27 November 1944.
Awards Combat Action Ribbon American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one battle star World War II Victory Medal
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