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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1179

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Letter of Commendation Commander LCT(6) Flotilla 21
Precedence of awards is from 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, 15 June 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 25 June 1944
  • Delivered, 28 June 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. S.J. Crawley Jr., officer in charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1179 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-One, LCDR. W. B. Gillette USNR;
     LCT Group Sixty-Three, LT. G. W. Wagonhurst 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)-1179 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 20 May 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT-1179 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    LCT-1179 58k LCT(6)-1179 and USS LSM-220 beached at Okinawa, date unknown.
    Photo from US National Archives    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCT-1179
    1018117902    		 166k LCT(6)-1179 underway in San Francisco Bay off Naval Station Treasure Island, date unknown. In the center background the large white building is the old Pam American flying boat terminal on Treasure Island and on the right Yerba Buena Island. Also in the photo at anchor is the merchantman SS Trinity Victory (bow visible) astern of LCT(6)-1179 and far left background USS Seminole (AKA-104). Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history record for LCT(6)-1179 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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