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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1110

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 16 May 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 12 June 1944
  • Delivered, 28 June 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. C.R. Foresberg, USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1110 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-one, LCDR. C.V. Dilley USNR;
     LCT Group Ninety-Three, LT. C.T. Geislter USNR and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1110 was assigned to Occupation Service from 24 March to 1 September 1946
  • Placed out of 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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    LCT-1110
    1018111001    		 339k LCT(6)-1110 crew photo, Buckner Bay Okinawa, November 1945.
    Hand written on the back of the photo. "Nov 45. Taken at Buckner Bay L to R Back row Buck, Lanza, Mayself [John S. Watson], Cook, Teprow. Front Gerski, Randolph. St???, Wilson"
    US Navy photo collection of John S. Watson    		 Stephen Watson for his father John S. Watson LCT(6)-1110
    LCT-1110
    1018111002    		 157k LCT(6)-1110 beached at Yellow Beach 3, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 12 February 1946.
    Hand written of the back of the photo. "Feb-12-46 Beached at Yellow Beach -3 waiting to get loaded"
    US Navy photo collection of John S. Watson    		 Stephen Watson for his father John S. Watson LCT(6)-1110
    LCT-1110
    1018111003    		 74k LCT(6)-1110 beached at Yellow Beach 3, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 12 February 1946, while loading ammunition to be dumped at sea.
    US Navy photo collection of John S. Watson    		 Stephen Watson for his father John S. Watson LCT(6)-1110
    LCT-1110
    1018111004    		 71k LCT(6)-1110 underway with a load of ammunition to be dumped at sea.
    US Navy photo collection of John S. Watson    		 Stephen Watson for his father John S. Watson LCT(6)-1110
    There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1110 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
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    Last Updated 20 January 2023