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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1245

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 16 August 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 13 September 1944
  • Delivered, 26 September 1944
  • Placed in service September 1944, ENS. O. Schmidt Jr., USNR in charge
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1245 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Sixteen, LCDR C. P. Lewis USNR;
    LCT Group Forty-Eight, LT. Robert T. Capeless USNR at Iwo Jima and
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Nine;
    LCT Group Eighty-Five in the Marianas Islands from July 1945 and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 2 to 16 March 1945
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1245 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-724
    1016072407     		350k from left to right; LCT(6)-1245, USS LST-724, USS LST-944, USS LST-477 and USS LST-795 moored Naval Station Pearl Harbor between 8 December 1944 and 22 January 1945 undergoing training during the build up for Operation Detachment, the Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945.
    TimeLife_Image_115948775, by W. Eugene Smith. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LCT-1300
    1018130001    		 244k LCT(6)-1300 and LCT(6)-1245, on the left, beached on Yellow Beach 2, February-March 1945.
    Bentley Historical Library. University of Michigan    		 David Upton
    LCT-632
    1018063204    		 275k LCTs on the beach at Iwo Jima, from the left to right;
    LCT(6)-692,
    LCT(6)-1245,
    LCT(6)-630, (off shore),
    LCT(6)-632,
    LCT(6)-1154, and
    LCT(6)-1300, all assigned, except LCT-630, to LCT(6) Group 48 Flot. 16, Transport Group Charlie on the beach at Iwo Jima, between February 25 and March 2 1945.
    Ref. GR 48 War Diary Feb-Mar. 1945 NA. National Archives Identifier 204982588, Local ID 342-FH-3A42490-A70332AC, US Army Air Corps Photo A-70332A.C.    		 David Upton
    LCT-1245 178k LCT(6)-1245 and LCT(6)-997, beached, date and location unknown. Tom Crowe
    There is no DANFS history available for LCT(6)-1245 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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