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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1123

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, 24 May 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 22 July 1944
  • Delivered, 31 July 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. J. R. Deal, USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT-1123 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One, LCDR. C. V. Dilley, USNR
    LCT Group Ninety-Three LT. C. T. Geisler, USNR and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to US Army, 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-1123 347k US Army LCT(6)-1123 beached at Okinawa in 1953. This may have been an excursion for dependents, note the civilian attire. Donn Cuson
    There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1123 available at NavSource
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    Last Updated 9 December 2016