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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-1280

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, 1 July 1944, at Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Leavenworth, KS.
  • Launched, 28 July 1944
  • Delivered, 31 July 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT-1280 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, South Pacific Force and saw service in Admiralty Islands and in the Philippines
  • LCT-1280 was transported to the Admiralty Islands by USS LST-589
  • Placed out of service, 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-1280 168k LCT-1280 being launched from the deck of USS LST-589 in the Admiralty Islands, November 1944. R.S. Fallon for his father Thomas Fallon LCT-1280
    LCT-1280 189k "LCT requests permission to come alongside. After three months transit and sailing through an actual rainbow, plus our frist encounter of World War II, Friday October 13 1944, USS LST-589 launched LCT-1280 in the Admiralty Islands on November 18, 1944, then off loaded 1,000 tons of ammo January 1, 1945." Richelle Slater for her father Richard F. Ring C-MoMM USS LST-134
    LCT-1280 79k LCT-1280 crew aboard USS LST-589, date and location unknown. Front Row, left to right; W Baker, T.J. Hammon, R. Anders, Watkins, Mulholland, Laidain "Skipper". Back Row, left to right; W.H. thomas, J.S. Thomys, Thomas Fallon, G.R. Hurley, C. Bienke, W.O. Colvin, J. Riallitto. R.S. Fallon for his father Thomas Fallon LCT-1280
    LCT-1280 131k Crew of LCT-1280, date and location unknown. R.S. Fallon for his father Thomas Fallon LCT-1280
    There is no history for LCT-1280 available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 6 October 2017