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Lost struck a mine off Normandy beachhead, 6 June 1944
Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-30
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
Individual Awards and Citations
Purple Heart - (KIA-John Emanuel Anderson MoMM1/c, 6 June 1944)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5) Class:
Laid down, 10 September 1942, at Manitowoc Ship Building Co., Manitowoc WI.
Launched, 16 October 1942
Delivered, 20 October 1942
Placed in service, date unknown, LTjg. Brinker Officer in Charge (at Normandy)
During World War II LCT(5)-30 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT Flotillas 10 and LCT Flotilla 18
LCDR A. Hayes, and participated in the following campaigns:
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns |
| Campaign and Dates |
Campaign and Dates |
| Sicilian occupation 10 July 1943 (Flotilla 10)
| Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 (Flotilla 18)
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| Salerno landings 9 September 1943 (Flotilla 10)
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Lost, struck a mine off the Normandy beachhead, 6 June 1944
LCT-30 was assigned to land on Easy Green, Omaha Beach but instead landed on Easy Red, Omaha Beach. After unloading and retracting she was hit by an artillery shell in the engine room,
disabling all three engines. The LCT was abandoned under fire with the loss of one man Killed in Action (John Emanuel Anderson MoMM1/c). LCT-30 was refloated by
USS ATR-3 and beached 15 July 1944. She was towed off the beach to a buoy by
USS Algorma (ATO-34), 16 July and re-beached, 17 July
Placed out of service, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, 19 May 1945
LCT(5)-30 earned three battle stars for World War II service
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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Operation Avalanche, the Allied invasion of Italy. Salerno Landings. LCT(5)30) off Paestum Beach, in the American sector at
Yellow Beach. In the background is the medieval stone tower Torre de Vedetta di Paestum. This tower was used by the German forces as a defensive and observation post,
with machine guns and snipers. Fortunately the U.S. forces were able to clear it without destroying it.
US National archives Identifier 204910501, Local Identifier 342-FH-3A23758-A67068AC, U.S. Army Air Corps photo A-67068AC.
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LCT(5)-30 underway off the south coast of England, May-June 1944, during preparations for Operations Overlord, the invasion of
Normandy, France.
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LCT(5)-30 in the background while on the beach artificial respiration is being applied by American soldiers on two of their buddies,
who reached the north coast of France in a rubber life raft after their landing craft was sunk by enemy action while several hundred yards from shore, near Cherbourg,
France.
US National Archives Identifier 176888634, Local Identifier 111-SC-320871, US Army Photo original Field Number: ETO-HQ-44-5058. |
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There is no history for LCT(5)-30 available at Navsource
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Last Updated 29 October 2021
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