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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-1193

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 6 July 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 15 July 1944
  • Delivered, 19 July 1944, ENS. D.F. Lowrey, USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1193 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One, LCDR. C.V. Dilley USNR
     LCT Group Ninety-Two, LT. N.S. Macphee., USNR and served at New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, transferred to another Government agency in July 1947, 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-1193 629k LCT-1193 dry docked, location unknown in 1945.
    Photo by Donald Berton Dale RM3/c LCT-1195    		 Bernard Urbanik
    LCT-1194 629k LCT-1193 and LCT-1194 along with the rest of Flotilla underway enroute to Honshu, Japan in 1945.
    Photo by Donald Berton Dale RM3/c LCT-1195    		 Bernard Urbanik
    LCT-1080
    1018108001    		 186k From left to right: LCT(6)-1080, LCT(6)-1159, and LCT(6)-1193 moored at Wakajima, Japan, circa late 1945. Photo taken from LCT(6)-743. Jacob Lipiew
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-1193 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 11 February 2022