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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1055

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Iwo Jima)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 13 April 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 22 April 1944
  • Delivered, 28 April 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, LTjg. J.M. Carter, USNR Officer in Charge (May 1045)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1055 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Sixteen, LCDR C. P. Lewis USNR:
     LCT Group Forty-Eight, LT. Robert T. Capeless USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1055 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 9"
    maximum navigation 5'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    12 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 20lbs
    gun shields 10lbs
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    two Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V. D.C. Ships' Service Generators
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LST-723
    1016072303    		 270k LCT-1055 beached at Iwo Jima alongside LST-723, circa February-March 1945. In the foreground a bulldozer is building a sand ramp so that LSTs can land and unload.
    US National Archives photo Identifier 32607098, US Marin Corps Headquarters photo # 111,952    		 David Upton
    There is no DANFS history available for LCT(6)-1055 at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 16 April 2021