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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1272

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, 19 July 1944, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 21 August 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 28 August 1944, ENS. Akin Brill USNR Officer in Charge
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1272 and was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two
    LCT Group Sixty-Five and
    LCT Group Sixty-Six (temporary), LT. E. L. Huie
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • 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-1261
    1018126101    		 369k New LCT(6)-1261, LCT(6)-1132, LCT(6)-1134, LCT(6)-1272, LCT(6)-1122 and others, await a LST to be lifted onto at the Pendleton Shipyard also known as the Florida Ave. Wharf. along the New Orleans, LA. Industrial Canal. Sometime around July-August 1944. LSTs manufactured in the Great Lakes and Ohio River regions were ferried down the Mississippi River to New Orleans for final outfitting, crewing, supplying and loading of a LCT if available. The majority of LCTs were loaded prior to the shakedown cruise and training at St. Andrews ATB at Panama City, Florida, however, many LSTs returned to New Orleans, after the three weeks of training, to receive their LCT prior to release to the fleet.
    National WWII Museum; Accession Number 2010.366.032    		 David Upton
    LCT-1278 33k Crew of LCT(6)-1272, Naval Base Subic Bay, Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 10 December, 1946 Photo by Akin Brill, OIC LCT-1334
    There is no history for LCT(6)-1272 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - March 1945
    USS LCT(6) Group 66 War Diary - April 1945
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 28 October 2022