USS LCT-777

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 500 yards (460 m) off Omaha Beach and sunk stern-first. ^[1] on 6 June 1944^[2][3]

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.

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