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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-29

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944, Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5) Class:
  • Laid down, 7 September 1942, at Manitowoc Ship Building Co., Manitowoc WI.
  • Launched, 15 October 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 17 October 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-29 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Ten and LCT Flotilla Eighteen, LCDR A. Hayes, and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation 9 to 15 July 1943 (Flotilla 10) Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944 (Flotilla 18)
    Salerno landings 9 to 21 September 1943 (Flotilla 10)  

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • LCT(5)-29 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 30 August 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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. Ships' service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-219
    1018021902    		 324k Amphibious vessels, consisting; of one LST, three LCI(L)s, and three LCTs, including LCT(5)-219 and LCT(5)-29, unloading men, equipment and supplies across the Salerno, Italy beachhead, September 1943.
    TimeLife_image 592868 by George Rodger, Life Magazine. For personal non-commercial use only.    		 David Upton
    LCT-25 223k LCT(5)-29 stands off the beach as US Army troops administer first aid to the survivors of a sunken landing craft, on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Note M1 rifles carried by some of the Soldiers. Photo from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the US National Archives. Photo #: SC 320870 Robert Hurst
    There is no history for LCT(5)-29 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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