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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-1326

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) - Navy Occupation Service Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 16 May 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 19 July1944
  • Delivered, 20 July 1944
  • During World War II LCT-1326 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Fleet LCT Flotilla 34 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 WWII LCT-1326 performed Occupation duty in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 6 March 1947
  • Place out of service, date unknown
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCT-1326 was earned one battle star for World War II service
    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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    LST-588 73k LCT-1326 along with USS LST-588, USS LST-399, USS LST-390 and other amphibious ships and landing craft on the beach at Iwo Jima, February 1945. Note: Mount Suribachi in the background. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCT-1326
    1018132601    		 229k From left to right; LCT-1326 alongside an unidentified LST, an unidentified LCT, another unidentified LST and to its port side is LCT-1241, on Orange Beach 2, Okinawa, 13 April 1945.
    COMTASKFOR 51 Rep of the opers for the invasion and capture of the Okinawa Gunto, Ryukyu Islands, 3/24/45-5/17/45 page 621. NARA catalog ID 4697018    		 David Upton
    LSM-135 403k LCT-1326, far right, along with USS LSM-24, USS LSM-135 and other landing craft unloading cargo at Ie Shima, Ryukyus Islands, 24 April 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 080-G-321772, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Arthur Tarpinian, USS LSM-135
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-1326 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 16 February 2024