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Landing Ship Utility LSU-1229
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 Landing Craft Tank LCT(6)-1229 (1944 - 1949)

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)

LSU-1229 was transferred to Greece and named HNS Kea (L-148)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 27 August 1944, Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 6 September 1944
  • Delivered, 9 September 1944
  • Placed in Service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1229 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Eight, LCDR. M.R. Doherty USNR;
     LCT Group One Hundred Twelve, LT. W.J. Hartt USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 4 to 30 June 1945
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1229 was Assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 10 April 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1229 in 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to Greece, date unknown, named HNS Kea (L-148)
  • 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
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    LCT-1229
    1018122901    		 265k LCT(6)-1229 loaded onto USS LST-29 with USS LST-78 to the left at Kewalo Basin, Oahu, T.H., 31 March 1945, as men of the 807th Engineer Aviation Battalion, U.S. Army Air Corps load fuel drums aboard the LSTs in preparation for the unit's transfer to a forward base.
    U.S. National Archives Identifier 204978941, Local Identifer 342-FH-3A41207-64996AC, U.S. Army Air Corps photo # 64996AC/    		 David Upton
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-1229 / LSU-1229 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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