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Lost to enemy action, 10 December 1944

Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1075

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Terragona, Leyte Gulf, 10 December 1944) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Individual Awards

Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Coxswain Elmer M. Maher USNR) - Purple Heart (1-KIA, 12-WIA 10 December 1944)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 18 February 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 19 April 1944
  • Delivered, 21 April 1944, ENS. James McCormick, USNR Officer in Charge (WIA 10 December 1944, died 11 December 1944)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1075 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two;
     LCT Group Sixty-Six, LT. E. L. Huie, and departed Hollandia, New Guinea, 3 December 1944 aboard USS White Marsh (LSD-8) as a member of Task Unit 76.4.10
  • Launched from White Marsh, 9 December 1944, at San Pedro Bay, P.I. to prepare for the Luzon operation
  • Hit and sunk by Japanese kamikaze attack at Tarragona Beach, Leyte, P.I., 10 December 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date 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-1075 64k Broadside view of LCT(6)-1075 underway during trials off Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 20 April 1944.
    .    		 Darryl Baker
    LCT-1075 44k Hulk of LCT(6)-1075 washed up on the beach at San Pedro Bay, P.I., circa 1946 Submitted by John S. DeNoma, obtained from Mary Lou Maxwell Ornellas, younger sister of Ens. Maxwell XO LCT-1075
    LCT-1075 24k Hulk of LCT(6)-1075 washed up on the beach at San Pedro Bay, P.I., circa 1946 Submitted by John S. DeNoma, obtained from Mary Lou Maxwell Ornellas, younger sister of Ens. Maxwell XO LCT-1075
    LCT-1075 55k Hulk of LCT(6)-1075 washed up on the beach at San Pedro Bay, P.I., circa 1946 Submitted by John S. DeNoma, obtained from Mary Lou Maxwell Ornellas, younger sister of Ens. Maxwell XO LCT-1075
    LCT-1075 56k Hulk of LCT(6)-1075 washed up on the beach at San Pedro Bay, P.I., circa 1946 Submitted by John S. DeNoma, obtained from Mary Lou Maxwell Ornellas, younger sister of Ens. Maxwell XO LCT-1075
    There is no DANFS history record for LCT(6)-1075 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
    USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - December 1944
    ENS. Darrell Ingram Maxwell, USNR, Executive Officer LCT-1075
    (Missing in Action or Buried At Sea, 10 December 1944. Taken from the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.)
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