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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1405

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, 25 August 1944 at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 22 September 1944
  • Delivered, 3 October 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. C.F. Marters, USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1405 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Four, LCDR. H. A. Shuler USNR;
    LCT Group One Hundred One, LT. R.I. Carneross 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)-1405 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)-1405 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.
    three propellers, 675shp
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    PCE(R)-853 110k LCT(6)-1405 lays alongside USS Nevada (BB 36) as USS PCE(R)-853 approaches to receive casualties, 30 March 1945 off Kerama Retto during the Okinawa campaign
    US National Archives photo from the October 2009 edition of Naval History magazine    		 Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1405 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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    Last Updated 11 September 2009