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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1119

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 - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):

Laid down, 25 April 1944, at Pidgeon Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.

Launched, 19 May 1944

Delivered, 30 May 1944

LCT(6)-1119 was loaded aboard USS LST-584 at Gulfport, MS. and transported to Espirito Santo in the New Hebrides Islands

During World War II LCT(6)-1119 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Thirty-Two
LCT Group Ninety-Five and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Sulu Archipelago landings, 9 April 1945

Place out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

LCT(6)-1119 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. Ships' Service Generators

three propellers, 675shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1018100001	158k	*LCT(6)-1000, LCT-1119, LCT-1095* at Zamboanga, Mindanao, P.I., 14 March 1945. U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo # 263799. Local Identifier 111-SCA-2975. National Archives Identifier 80683228 page 82.	David Upton
1018111902	110k	*LCT(6)-1119* and USS LSM-40 transporting and landing units from the 163rd RCT, 41st Inf.Div. US Army, onto Blue Beach, Jolo Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippine Islands, 9 April 1945. Frame from the film "LST BEING UNLOADED AT SEA BECAUSE OF MUDDY BEACHES, PARANG, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; 41ST RECONNAISSANCE TROOPS AT ZAMBOANGA, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ; BEACHHEAD SCENES OF 163RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 41ST INFANTRY DIVISION, LANDING ON JOLO ISLANDS, SULU ARCHIPELAGO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS" National Archives ID 17932. Local ID 111-ADC-4130. Dept. of the Army. Ref. COMTASK-GROUP 76.10 - Rep of the invasions & resupply of Sanga Sanga & Jolo Is, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines 4/2-11/45- National Archives.	David Upton
	50k	*LCT(6)-1119* backed onto the beach for repairs somewhere in the southern Philippines in 1945. The "Penthouse" on the stern was built by the crew to improve living conditions. Photo by Victor Thiessen, MoM3/c (Thiessen and another crew member had a photography operation using captured Japanese cameras. They used the vessel 'head' as a darkroom.)	Bill Thiessen in honor of his father Victor Thiessen, MoM3/c LCT-1119