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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1390

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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)

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During World War II LCT(6)-1390 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCDR. H. E. Rice USNR;
LCT Group One Hundred Nine, LT. R. G. Thomas USNR and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 3 May to 30 June 1945

Following World War II LCT(6)1390 was assigned to Occupation Duty in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 1 September 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1018139001	416k	LCT(6)-1390 on the deck of an unidentified LST as crew members watch flak bursts from LSTs in the harbor at Okinawa during the landing operations of the US Army Air Corps 1878Th Engineer Aviation Battalion, 3 May 1945, The Japanese staged an air attack; one plane was shot down and a second dived into an American cruiser causing serious damage. U.S. National Archives Identifier 193706106, U.S. Army Air Corps Photo# 64632A.C., now in the collections of the US National Archives.		David Upton

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There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1390 available at NavSource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
World War II LCT Flotillas

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