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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1003

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 30 January 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 16 February 1944
  • Delivered, 18 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1003 was assigned to first to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of southern France August and September 1944

  • Following service in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)-1003 was re-assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Forty;
     LCT Group One Hundred Twenty
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1003 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    30 December 1945 to 7 June 194630 December 1945 - 7 June 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1003 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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    Mahoning County 63k LCT(6)-1003, USS LST-914 LCT(5)-222, and LCT(5)-274 beached after the initial invasion of southern France "Operation Anvil" in August 1944.
    US Army photo from     Skylighters web site.    		 Dennis Painter
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    Last Updated 12 July 2019