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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1141

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 Theater (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 22 April 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 3 May 1944
  • Delivered, 4 May 1944
  • Placed in service, date and location unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1141 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 23 September 1944

  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT(6)-1141 was assigned to:
    LCT Flotilla Forty-One;
     LCT Group One Hundred Twenty-One, LTjg. C.E. Timson
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Stuck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1141 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • 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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    LST-1141 57k LCT(6)-1141 unloading at Saint-Raphael in southern France during Operation Dragoon, 15 August 1944. Photo courtesy of cyrilb1881 (name unknown). Robert Hurst
    LCT-1144
    1018114102    		 84k During the Invasion of Southern France one of four U.S. Army Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 756th Tank Battalion exits British HM LCT-321 onto "Red Beach:, 15 August 1944. Down the beach in the background beyond HM LCT-321 lays US LCT(6)-1141.
    U.S Army Signal Corp, 3rd Signal Company , 3rd Infantry Division photo, courtesy of the Dogfacesoldiers Collection.     		Thierry de Villeneuve la Colette
    There is DANFS history available for LCT(6)-1141 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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