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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1377

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)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 25 September 1944 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 9 November 1944
  • Delivered, 10 November 1944 and placed in service, ENS. Bert Hauer USNR, Officer-in-Charge
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1377 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Nine, LCDR. E. D. Gasson, USNR;
     LCT Group Eighty-Six, LT. L. M. Fracher, USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaigns and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto Operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 April to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1377 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 Septembe3r 1945 to 7 February 1946
  • LCT(6)-1377 was reassigned to LCT Flotilla 21 in February 1946
  • Transported from Okinawa to Kwajalein aboard an LSD to assist in the Bikini A-bomb tests
  • LCT(6)-1377 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCT Group 21 (LCT GRU 21) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Placed out of service in September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Service in September 1946
  • LCT-1377 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, scuttled off Kwajalein in July 1947
    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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    Officers in Charge
    01ENS. Hauer, Bert, USNR10 November 1944 - ?
    02ENS. Webb, S., USNRMay 1945
    03ENS. Sage, Frederick C. USNR? - September 1946
    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 19 February 2016