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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1241

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 4 August 1944 at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 1 September 1944
  • Delivered, 14 September 1944
  • Placed in Service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1241 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Sixteen;
     LCT Group Forty-Six and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 May to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1241 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 10 April 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Service, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1241 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-643 118k LCT(6)-1241 loaded on the deck of an unidentified LST to the right of USS LST-643. The LSTs are beached at Leyte, Philippines, while loading Marine LVTs and other equipment for the Iwo Jima invasion, circa early-February 1945. Rolfe Windward for his father LT Erwin "Erv" Windward USNR, CO USS LST-643
    LCT-1326
    1018132601    		 229k From left to right; LCT-1326 alongside an unidentified LST, an unidentified LCT, another unidentified LST and to its port side is LCT-1241, on Orange Beach 2, Okinawa, 13 April 1945.
    COMTASKFOR 51 Rep of the opers for the invasion and capture of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 3/24/45-5/17/45 page 621. NARA catalog ID 4697018    		 David Upton
    There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1241 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 16 February 2024