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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-749

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Letter of Commendation Commander LCT(6) Flotilla 21
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 9 March 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy IL.
  • Launched, 23 March 1944
  • Delivered, 27 March 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-749 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-One
     LCT Group Sixty-Three
  • LCT(6)-749 was loaded aboard USS LST-767 at Pearl Harbor, T.H., 10 December 1944 and launched at Okinawa, 3 April 1945 participating in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 30 June1945
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-749 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 1 September 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT-749 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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    LCT-749 52k LCT(6)-749 on board USS LST-767. LCT(6)-749 was loaded on LST-767at Pearl Harbor on 10 December 1944 and launched off Okinawa 3 April 1945. The pontoon causeway sections visible on LST-767's sides were loaded, 14 December 1944 and launched during the night of 2-3 April 1945.
    US Navy photo # NH 99145, courtesy of Barry Reynolds, 1990, from the collection of Jean Stewart Reynolds.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    LCT-749 78k LCT(6)-749 being launched from USS LST-767 off Okinawa, 3 April 1945. .
    US Navy photo # NH 99146, courtesy of Barry Reynolds, 1990, from the collection of Jean Stewart Reynolds.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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