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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)- 1


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, 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 5):
  • Laid down, 4 May 1942, at Manitowoc S.B. Co. Manitowoc, WI.
  • Launched, 10 June 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 29 June 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-1 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Four, LCDR. H. A. Shuler USNR;
    LCT Group One Hundred, LT. G. J. Gauthier USNR
  • Following World War II LCT(5)-1 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 3 February to 24 March 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, hulk destroyed, 29 July 1948
    Specifications:
    Displacement 285 t.(fl)
    Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 6"
    max.navigational 3' 6"
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    10 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 2 1/2"
    gun shields 2"
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V. D.C. Ship's service generator
    three propellers, 675shp

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    LCT-1
    1018000102
    239k LCT(5)-1 loading a 1 1/2 ton truck. 18 June 1942. Although there is no hull number visible, the date of the photo proves that this is LCT(5)-1; no other LCT(5) have been launched by this date.
    Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Manitowoc, WI. Photo # Y31.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Library, ID P2001-1-460
    David Upton
    LCT-1
    1018000105
    381k Six M3 medium tanks loaded aboard LCT(5)-1 at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI. 18 June 1942. Although there is no hull number visible, the date of the photo proves that this is LCT(5)-1; no other LCT(5) have been launched by this date.
    Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Manitowoc, WI. Photo # Y21.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Library, ID P2001-1-456
    David Upton
    LCT-1
    1018000104
    310k LCT(5)-1 moving out from the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., on the Manitowoc River, WI. loaded with six M3 medium tanks aboard, 18 June 1942. Although there is no hull number visible, the date of the photo proves that this is LCT(5)-1; no other LCT(5) have been launched by this date.
    Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Manitowoc, WI. Photo # Y22.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Library, ID P2001-1-456
    David Upton
    LCT-1
    1018000103
    294k LCT(5)-1 heading to shore with six M3 medium tanks aboard, 18 June 1942. Although there is no hull number visible, the date of the photo proves that this is LCT(5)-1; no other LCT(5) have been launched by this date.
    Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Manitowoc, WI. Photo # Y26.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Library, ID P2001-1-460
    David Upton
    LCT-1
    1018000101
    27k LCT(5)-1 moored, date and location unknown. WWII LCT web site, Courtesy Dean Christie

    There is no history record for LCT(5)-1 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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    World War II LCT Flotillas
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