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Lost due to air attack off Anzio, 15 February 1944

Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-35

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 15 February 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards and Citations

Purple Heart (KIA Carl Raymond Mickelson GM2/c, 15 February 1944)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down 28 September 1942, at Manitowoc Ship Building Co., Manitowoc WI.
  • Launched, 23 October 1942
  • Delivered, 3 November 1942
  • Placed in service, date unknown, LTjg. Robert S. Esbensen, USNR Officer in Charge, (March 1944)
  • During World War II LCT(5)-35 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotillas Nine and Ten and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation 10 July 1943 (Flotilla 10) West Coast of Italy operations; (LCT Flotilla 9)
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landings, 15 February 1944
    Salerno landings 9 September 1943 (Flotilla 10)  

  • Lost, sunk by air attack off Anzio, 15 February 1944
    While alongside the LIberty ship SS Elihu Yale with British LCT-554 loading ammunition Elihu Yale was and hit and sunk during an air raid. Crewmember Carl Raymond Mickelson GM2/c was killed in action
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 March 1944
  • LCT-35 earned three battle stars for World War II service
    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-35 282k LCTs on the beach at Salerno, 9 September 1943. From left to right; LCT(5)-26, LCT(5)-35, LCT(5)-242, unknown, LCT(5)-34 and unknown. Photos from "A Photographic History of World War 2", Colliers, 1946, Daniel Wilmes
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