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Landing Craft Tank - LCT-1459
Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1459
Light Salvage Lift Craft - YLLC-4

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
LCT-1459 Awards
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YLLC-4 (Harbor Clearance Unit One) Awards
Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart
(2-KIA, 11/15/68 - James M. Curtis, BM1, Frank Hogenmiller, EN1)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) Class:
  • Laid down, 13 October 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 22 October 1944
  • Delivered, 27 October 1944
  • Placed in service and assigned to the South Pacific Force
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1459, 15 April 1956
  • Redesignated Light Salvage Lift Craft YLLC-4 (date unknown)
  • Assigned to Harbor Clearance Unit One, at Subic Bay, P.I.
  • Final Disposition, sunk by enemy sappers near Ben Tre, South Vietnam, 15 November 1968
    LCT Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft 5' (max)
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts,
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
    YLLC Specifications:
    Displacement 400 t.
    Length 119' 1" (ovl)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft 5'
    Speed 7 kts.
    Complement one officer, 15 enlisted
    A-frame Lift Capacity 25 tons
    Armament two .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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