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Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1160
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 Landing Craft Ship - LSU-1160 (1949 - 1956)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT-1160 (1944 - 1959)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (7) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 18 May 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 28 May 1944
  • Delivered and placed in service, 1 June 1944, ENS. D. Luxford USNR in charge
  • During World War II LCT-1160 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One, LCDR, C. V. Dilley USNR;
    LCT Group Ninety-One and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • Following World War II LCT-1160 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 12 March 1946
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1160 in 1949
  • During the Korean War LSU-1160 participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    18 September to 2 November 1950     		UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    9 July to 23 September 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November to 20 December 1950     		Second Korean Winter
    10 to 30 April 1952
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    1 to 20 May 1952
    Communist China Spring Offensive
    13 to 17 September 1950
    22 April to 8 July 1951     		 

  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1160, 15 April 1956
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LSU-1160 earned seven battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 t.(lt), 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1"
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft 5' (max)
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament 2 single 20mm AA gun mounts, 4 .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
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    LCT-1160 98k LSU-1160 moves onto Inchon's "Yellow Beach" during the Inchon Invasion to land supplies, 17 September 1950. Taken by a photographer from USS Mount McKinley (AGC 7)
    US Navy photo # NH 97157 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LCT-1160 72k LSU-1160 moored pierside probably in South Korea, circa early 1953. Bruce McLaughlan
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-1160 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 18 January 2013