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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1013

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 13 February 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 29 February 1944
  • Delivered, 2 March 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1013 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 9 September 1944
  • Following service in the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)-1013 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater coming under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Forty;
     LCT Group One Hundred Nineteen
  • LCT(6)-1013 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCT Group 21 (LCT GRU 21) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1013 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll in September 1947
    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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    1018101301    		 72k LCT(6)-1013 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCT Group 21 (LCT GRU 21) for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, 10 July 1946.
    Select frames from a short film named "Op. Crossroads Target Ships -Bikini Atoll. Department of the Navy. National Archives ID 81140. Local ID 428-NPC-18605.    		 David Upton
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