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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1277

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 28 August 1944 at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 22 September 1944
  • Delivered, 27 September 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. B.G, Garrett, USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1277 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Sixteen, LCDR. C.P. Lewis USNR;
    LCT Group Forty-Seven, LT. A.B. Reed USNR; and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II LCT(6) -1277 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 Service, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1277 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-647
    1016064713    		 179k USS LST-647 with LCT(6)-1277 on board, 26 March 1945, during the invasion of Karama Islands, southwest of Okinawa. LCT(6)-1277 was launched here on 27 March 1945.
    Frames from the short film "Marines Raise American Flag Over Geruma Shima Island". National Archives ID 80229. Local ID 428-NPC-15927.    		 David Upton
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-1277 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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