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Landing Craft Tank LCT-1491
Landing Craft Utility LCU-1491

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Dominican Republic)
LCT-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down (date and place unknown)
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered (date unknown)
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1491), 15 April 1952
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
    Length 119' o.a.
    Beam 34'
    Draft 6'
    Design Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 2 .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 shafts, Shaft horsepower 675 bhp per shaft
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    Casa Grande 203k LCU-1491 being discharged from the well deck of Casa Grande (LSD-13), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine September 1957 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no histroy record for LCU-1491 located at the World War II Landing Craft Tanks web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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    World War II LCT Flotillas
    The Tin Armada: Saga of the LCT
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