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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1018

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
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, 21 February 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 8 March 1944
  • Delivered, 10 March 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1018 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater, LCT Flotilla Sixteen and later the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific LCT(6)-1018 came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Nine, LCDR. E. D. Gasson, USNR;
    LCT Group Eighty-Five, LT. G. S. Rehfield, USNR
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1018 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
  • LCT(6)-1018 earned one battle star during World War II
  • 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-1018
    1018101802    		 1448k LCT(6)-1018, 15-16 August, 1944. Two LCT's (one USN and the other Royal Navy); two LCM's and one DUKW shown unloading on Green Beach, just east of Poine de Pierre Blave, Southern France. Buildings of a stone quarry lie on top of a steep embankment backing the beach. A one road exit off the beach lies off to the right. A first aid station may be observed on the beach lying between the two LCM's. Note beach markers and barrage balloons. Hill leading off the photo to left is cratered by bombardments against casements facing to seaward on this hill.
    Photo is from COM 8th Fleet - Survey of Assault Beaches, Invasion of Southern France, 8/15 & 16/44 page 220. Authority: E.O. 13526 by NDC NARA Date Dec 31, 2012 Declassified.    		 David Upton
    LCT-1018 81k LCT(6)-1018 at Yokosuka Japan in 1945. WWII LCT web site
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