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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1264

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, 20 July 1944, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy IL.
  • Launched, 5 September 1944
  • Delivered, 16 September 1944
  • Placed in Service, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1264 was loaded aboard USS LST-758 at New Orleans, 30 October 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1264 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Nine, LCDR. E. D. Gasson, USNR;
     LCT Group Eighty-Six, LT. L. M. Fracher, USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 May to 30 June 1945
    Unloaded from USS LST-758 at Hagushi Beach, 4 May 1945

  • following World War II LCT(6)-1264 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 1 September 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT-1264 earned one battle star during World War II
  • 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-1267
    1018126701    		 294k LCTs struck from the Naval Register and placed and abandoned at Okinawa, 11 November 1949.
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    LCT(6)-1372,
    LCT(6)-1264,
    LCT(6)-785,
    LCT(6)-1054,
    LCT(6)-1243,
    Time_Life_image_111503425, by Life Magazine photographer by Carl Mydans. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. and
    David Upton
    There is no DANFS history record for LCT(6)-1264 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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