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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-1158

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, 17 May 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Delivered, 31 May 1944
  • Assembled and placed in service, date and location unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1158 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One , LCDR. C.V. Dilley, USNR
     LCT Group Ninety-One, LT. R.R. Muehlabach, USNR and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • 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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    LST-916
    1016091605    		 305k Aerial view of USS LST-916 underway in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, 5 July 1944. LST-916 is carrying three disassembled LCTs on her deck, LCT(6)-1049, LCT960-1158 and LCT(6)-1159. The LCTs were unloaded in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and assembled by their crews before beginning active service.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-241154, a US Navy photo taken by an airship assigned to ZP-12 out of Weeksville, N.C.    		 Rick Davis
    LST-916
    1018115801    		 183k LCT(6)-1158, dropping off some of USS Nevada (BB-36)'s crew at a shore party recreation beach on Okinawa in September 1945.
    Photo from a USS Nevada (BB-36) Cruise Book, page 84    		 David Upton
    There is no history for LCT(6)-1158 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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