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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1243

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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During World War II LCT(6)-1243 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Sixteen, LCDR. C. P. Lewis, USNR;
LCT Group Forty-Seven, LT. A. B. Reed, USNR and participated in the following campaign;

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II LCT(6)-1243 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
20 March to 17 July 1946	20 March to 17 July 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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Specifications: Specifications:
Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 t.(loaded)
Length 158' 5½"
Beam 23' 3"

Draft

Light, 3'1½" mean

Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft

Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft

Speed

16 kts (max.)

14 kts maximum continuous

Complement

4 officers

24 enlisted

Troop Capacity

6 officers

182 enlisted

Cargo Capacity 75 tons

Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house

Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel

Armament

five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse

on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 860 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	42k	LCT(6)-1243 beached at Higashi Beach, Okinawa, 1 April 1945.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
1018124303	82k	LCT(6)-1243 alongside an unidentified cargo ship off Okinawa, 10 Ocotber 1945. US Navy photo.		David Wright
	115k	LCT(6)-1243, LCT-1379 and USS LST-207 beached at Okinawa, circa 2 to 10 May 1945 April 1945. US Navy photo.		Tommy Trampp
1018126701	294k	LCTs struck from the Naval Register and placed and abandoned at Okinawa, 11 November 1949. LCT(6)-1267, LCT(6)-1188, LCT(6)-1372, LCT(6)-1264, LCT(6)-785, LCT(6)-1054, LCT(6)-1243, Time_Life_image_111503425, by Life Magazine photographer by Carl Mydans. For personal non-commercial use only.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. and David Upton

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There is no history record for LCT(6)-1243 available at NavSource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
World War II LCT Flotillas

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