LCT-6

[whaynes]

Anybody know of any Pacific camo schemes for this boat/ship? I've seen a few pictures on Navsource but nothing very clear or defining.
Thanks, Walt Haynes

[Tracy White]

In July of 1944 a pattern was ordered used on LSTs and LCTs, however the document I found doesn't state what. Around September of that year the Navy changed it to pattern 20L. I can tell you that much. I don't have or know of a design sheet for LCTs in 20L. I do have a silk screen of the silhouette of a LCT on LST I found in either the Pearl Harbor or Mare Island NavyYard records, but I don't know if it's the authoritative design (plus, it's only one side). You can see the general philosophy of pattern 20L on this page.

[whaynes]

Thanks, Tracy. I've seen several pictures on Navsource after looking through several hundred different LCT-6s. Hard to determine much though a few did resemble 31/20L.
Walt

[Tracy White]

Well, the LSTs, LSMs and LCTs honestly most often seemed to wear pattern "beat to snot and rusted" but it's not what the Navy ordered.

A lot came from the states in the official pattern at the time but were then touched up in a myriad of ways if at all. I've been paying attention to LST pictures in my research trips and scanning what I come across, but it's usually onesie twosie and no good multiple-side shots unless it was shot stateside by a blimp as it headed to the Pacific theater.