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Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1458
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 Landing Ship Utility - LSU-1458 (1949 - 1952)
 Landing Craft Tank LCT(6)-1458 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 13 October 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 22 October 1944
  • Delivered, 27 October 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1458 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Nine, LCDR. R. H. M. Cross USNR;
     LCT Group One Hundred Seventeen, LT. F J. Hoehn USNR
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Utility LSU-1458 in 1949
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Utility LCU-1458, 15 April 1952
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, date 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(6)-1458
    LST-904 200k USS LST-904 homeward bound with LCT(6)-1458 on board entering San Francisco Bay in 1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 79580    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    LSU-1458
    LSU-1458
    1018145802    		 197k Camp Pendleton, CA. - Marines of the 1st Marine Division FMF embark aboard LSU-1458 (right) and LSU-1430 (left) which took them to a Landing Ship Dock (LSD) further off shore during the Embarkation Phase of Demon III Operation in May, 1950.
    U.S. National Archives Identifier 74247077, Local Identifier 127-GR-220-A1671, U.S. Marine Corps Photo# A1671    		 David Upton
    LCU-1458
    LSU-1458 137k LCU-1458 underway, date and location unknown. Don Garner USS Union
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-1458 / LSU-1458 / LCU-1458 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 4 March 2022

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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