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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(6)-1346

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 29 June 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, 25 August 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT-1346 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Southwest Pacific Area
  • 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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    LCT-1346
    1018134602    		 255k LCT(6)-1346, 11 May 1945, Dove Bay, ten miles east of Wewak, New Guinea. Members of the 6th Australian Division assault Sandy Beach. The Battle of Wewak Peninsula and airfield on the 11th to 15th of May, 1945. Australian forces were landed to surround Japanese forces at Wewak by US Navy LCT's LCT(6)-1340, LCT(6)-1346, LCT(6)-1351 and LCT(6)-1353 escorted by HMAS and HMS warships. During the landings LCT(6)-1346 engaged Japanese machine guns firing from shore; expending 1500 rounds of 20mm and 2600 rounds of .50 cal. destroying the enemy. Ref. COM LCT(6) GR 75 Report of assault landing Dove Bay, 5/11/1945.
    Australian War Memorial, Accession Number 018501. Public Domain.    		 David Upton
    LCT-1346
    1018134601    		 30k LCT(6)-1346 beached at Aitape, New Guinea, 19 June 1945 while members of the 7 Docks Operation Company, Royal Australian Engineers watch as a truck backs up the ramp loaded with fuel for the Wewak area. The ship in the background is the Australian River Fitzroy. Australian War Memorial
    LCT-1346
    1018134603
    AWM 093422    		 165k LCT(6)-1346 beached at Aitape, New Guinea, 19 June 1945. Loading and unloading operations controlled by members of the Australian 7th Docks Operating Company. The ship in the background is the Australian River Fitzroy.
    Australian War Memorial, Accession Number 093422 and 093432. Public Domain     		David Upton
    LCT-1346
    1018134604
    AWM 093422    		 171k
    There is no history record of LCT(6)-1346 located 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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