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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1294

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal

LCT(6)-1294 was transferred to Denmark and named Loke (A546)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 13 March 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 15 May 1944
  • Delivered, 28 August 1943
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. W.J. Stoll in charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1294 was assigned to Asiatic Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Fourteen, LCDR. A. Z. Kouri USNR;
     LCT Group Forty-Two , LTjg. B.A. Wagner USNR and participated in the following campaign;

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown, laid up in reserve
  • Struck from the Naval Register circa 1963 and transferred to Denmark
  • LCT(6)-1294 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Commissioned into the Danish Navy as Loke (A546), 1 May 1963
  • Decommissioned by the Danish Navy, August 1967
  • 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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    LSM-27 71k LCT-1294 and USS LSM-27 beached, date and location unknown. Alfred Gedaly to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LST-307
    1016089204    		 233k USS LST-892 with LCT(6)-1294 loaded on her main deck in San Francisco Bay returning from duty in the Far East, probably 9 April 1946. Note the homeward bound pennant.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 82170    		 David Upton
    There is no DANFS history record for LCT(6)-1294 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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