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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-1135

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, 9 June 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 27 June 1944
  • Delivered, 3 August 1944
  • During World War II LCT-1135 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One, LCDR. G.V. Dilley USNR,
     LCT Group Ninety-Three, LT. C. Geisler USNR and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • Following World War II LCT-1135 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-1135 101k LCT-1135 getting underway, date and location unknown. Thomas Bowman for his father Thomas Anthony Bowman F1/c LCT-1135, USS LCI(L)-651, USS LST-765
    LCT-1135 103k LCT-1135 crew photo, date and location unknown, Skipper is back row far right with hands behind his back. Thomas Bowman for his father Thomas Anthony Bowman F1/c LCT-1135, USS LCI(L)-651, USS LST-765
    LCT-1135 62k LCT-1135 with Japanese prisoners of war aboard to dump ammunition and other war supplies at sea. Thomas Bowman for his father Thomas Anthony Bowman F1/c LCT-1135, USS LCI(L)-651, USS LST-765
    LCT-1135 58k LCT-1135 Thomas A. Bowman on the left and fellow crewman peeling "spuds" for supper, date and location unknown. Thomas Bowman for his father Thomas Anthony Bowman F1/c LCT-1135, USS LCI(L)-651, USS LST-765
    LCT-880
    1018088001    		 300k LCT(6)-880, LCT-1102, LCT-1426 and in the background LCT-1135 can be identified in this LCT storage area on the island of Okinawa, 1 November 1949. Okinawa was a salvage area for abandoned World War II Pacific War material which was collected and brought here for disposal.
    TimeLife_image 11503426 by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-1135 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 31 December 2021