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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1225

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 22 August 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 30 August 1944
  • Delivered, 4 September 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1225 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater>
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Four, LCDR. H. A. Shuler, USNR
    LCT Group One Hundred, LT. G. J. Gauthier, USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 4 to 30 June 1945
  • Following World War II LCT-1225 was assigned to Occupation service from 2 September 1945 to 4 February 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1225 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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    LCT-1225 101k LCT(6)-1225 underway, date and location unknown. Gene McFadden for his father Eugene J. McFadden, Gunners Mate USS LST-965
    LCT-1225 75k LCT(6)-1225 loaded on the main deck of an LST, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
    LST-867 3010k LCT(6)-1225 rides on the main deck of USS LST-867 as she passes under the Golden Gate Bridge while entering San Francisco Bay, either in February 1945 or March 1946. Donn German in memory of his father Donald L. German RM2/c USS LST-867
    There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1225 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 6 September 2019