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Landing Ship Utility - LCU-1009
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 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1009 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater (1)- Asiatic-Pacific East Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with ASia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (8) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 7 February 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 25 February 1944
  • Delivered, 28 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1009 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of southern France 15 August to 10 September 1944
  • Following service in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)-1009 was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Southwest Pacific Area serving at Leyte in the Philippine Islands
  • Reassigned to LCT Flotilla Forty
    ; LCT Group One Hundred Nineteen: for Occupation Service in the Far East from 3 February to 9 April 1946
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility, LSU-1009 in 1949
  • During the Korean War LSU-1009 participated in the following campaigns:

    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    18 September to 2 November 1950    		 UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    1 September 27 November 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November to 25 December 1950    		 Second Korean Winter
    28 November 1951 to 30 April 1952
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950    		 Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    1 May to 30 November 1952
    1 December 1952 to 30 April 1953
    First UN Counter Offensive
    1 to 28 February 1951    		 Korean, Summer-Fall 1953
    1 May to 14 June 1953

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1009 / LSU-1009 earned one battle star for World War II service and eight battle stars for Korean War service
  • Transferred to the Army Transportation Service, date unknown
  • 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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    1018100903    		 150k LSU-1009 underway at Inchon, South Korea, 10 June 1951.
    Frames from a short film called "532nd Engr Boat & Shore Regt, 2nd Engr Brigade", Dept. of the Army, National Archives ID 23294, Local ID 111-ADC-9529.    		 David Upton
    LSU-1009
    1018100904    		 125k
    LSU-1009
    1018100905    		 134k
    LSU-1009 47k LSU-1009 in drydock #4 NavSta Sasebo, Japan in 1952. LSU-1317 is aft of LSU-1009 in the drydock. Andy Jackson
    LSU-1009
    LSU-1009 93k Ex-LSU-1009 now in Army Service as US Army LCU-1009 beached in Japan, circa 1953-54. Cdr. John F. Bergmann
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