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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-732

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

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During World War II LCT(6)-732 and was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
LCT Group Sixty-Five, LCDR Black and
LCT Group Sixty-Six (temporary), LT. E. L. Huie and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	389k	LCT(6)-732 crew in 1944 before deploying to the South Pacific. The LCTs skipper, LT. Milford Braxton Miller is seated front row center.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	108k	Flotilla officers meeting aboard LCT(6)-732 date and location unknown.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	422k	LCT(6)-732 during the Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January1945.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	157k	LCT(6)-732 beached in the northern Philippines, circa 1945.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	28k	LCT(6)-732 beached in the northern Philippines, circa 1945.		.
	664k	During February LCT(6)-732 unloaded bombs from cargo ships in Lingayen Gulf and transport them up the Dugran River to Dugran City where they were unloaded and transported over land to local air strips.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	3455k	Pen and ink drawing by unknown Filipino artist of LCT(6)-732 at Dugran City in March 1945.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	618k	LCT(6)-732 crew in June 1945 at Sandy Point, Luzon Island, ten months after deploying to the South Pacific.		Joel Miller for his father LT. Milford Braxton Miller, Skipper, LCT-732
	82k	LCT(6)-732 and several native canoes alongside USS LST-740 while at anchor off Tacloban, Leyte Island, date unknown.		Clark E. Parks SM1/c USS LST-740

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There is no history for LCT(6)-732 available at NavSource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - January 1945
USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - August 1945
World War II LCT Flotillas

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