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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-725

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2 - Tarragona, Leyte, 10 Dec. 1944 and Lingayen Gulf, 9-14 Jan. 1945] - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):

Laid down, 17 January 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.

Launched, 4 February 1944

Delivered, 2 March 1944

Placed in service, date unknown

During World War II LCT(6)-725 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
LCT Group Sixty-Four and
LCT Group Sixty-Six (temporary), LT. E. L. Huie and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 10 October to 29 November 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 5 to 18 January 1945

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946

LCT(6)-725 earned two 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
48k	*LCT(6)-725* beached in the Philippines or Admiralty Islands, date unknown. *LCT(6)-725* was brought from the United States in two pieces and delivered to the Admiralty Islands where the two sections were off loaded into shallow water that was protected by a reef. The two pieces were then joined (bolted together) by crew members who had to swim underwater using large wrenches to bolt the two sections together. Once assembled, *LCT(6)-725*'s ballast tanks were filled with compressed air to float her to the surface. The fear of the crew beyond the enemy was sharks, sun and coral snakes.	Photo by Bernard DeNoma LCT-725 radioman and machine gunner
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
36k	*LCT(6)-725* beached with her ramp down at Dagupan, P.I.	Photo by Bernard DeNoma LCT-725 radioman and machine gunner