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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-722

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (3 - Terragona, Leyte Gulf, 10 December 1944 - Lingayen Gulf, 9 to 14 January 1945 - Manila Bay-Bicol 15 to 17 February 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):

Laid down, 7 January 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.

Launched, 1 February 1944

Delivered, 21 February 1944

Placed in service, date unknown

During World War II LCT(6)-722 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
LCT Group Sixty-Five, LT H. R. Carson and
LCT Group Sixty-Six (temporary), LT. E. L. Huie and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 9 December 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Mariveles-Corregidor, 15 to 17 February 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 18 January 1945

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946

LCT(6)-722 earned three battle stars 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
54k	*LCT(6)-722* moored at her builders yard, Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL. February 1944. Photo courtesy Quincy Public Library.	Dana Myers
28k	*Task Unit 76.4.10* LCTs, 10 December 1944, approaching Dulag, Leyte Island, P.I. *Task Unit 76.4.10* consisting of; *LCT(6)-1039,* LCT(6)-1072, LCT(6)-1074, LCT(6)-1038, LCT(6)-1068, LCT(6)-1067, LCT(6)-716, LCT(6)-717, LCT(6)-718, LCT(6)-722, LCT(6)-724, LCT(6)-725, LCT(6)-1071, LCT(6)-1073 and *LCT(6)-1075. Task Unit 76.4.10* departed Hollandia, 3 December 1944 and launched from LSD's in San Pedro Bay, 9 December 1944 to deliver companies of the US Army's 542 Engineers, Boat and Shore Regiment.	Photo taken by Bernard L. DeNoma (signalman) *LCT-725* and submitted by John S. DeNoma
28k	*LCT(6)-722* beached at Lingayen Gulf, possibly early after the invasion as her machine guns are still mounted. Contributed in memory of Donald Cass, QM LCT-722	John De Noma