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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1219

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 13 August 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 23 August 1944
  • Delivered, 26 August 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown, ENS. J.W. Igoe USNR, Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1219 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Five, LCDR. W. C. Margetts USNR;
     LCT Group One Hundred Five, LT. G. H. Feldman USNR,
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1219 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 9 April 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • 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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    LST 943 58k USS LST-943 at anchor, with LCT(6)-1219 loaded on her main deck, date and location unknown. Nicholas Pudinoff, SK3/c USS LST-943
    LCT 1219 158k LCT(6)-1219 loaded aboard USS LST-943 while at anchor, date and location unknown. This is photo was cropped from 1016094302. Nicholas Pudinoff, SK3/c USS LST-943
    LST 943 89k USS LST-943 underway in San Francisco Bay, with LCT(6)-1219 on board in 1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79589, courtesy of D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no history for LCT(6)-1219 available at NavSource
    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 27 September 2019