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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-81

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 5):

Laid down, 29 September 1942, at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched, 31 October 1942

Delivered, 24 November 1942

Placed in service, date an location unknown, ENS C. O. Murphy, USNR, Officer in Charge

During World War II LCT(5)-81 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCT Flotilla Three;
LCT Group Eight: and
LCT Flotilla Three, LT. J. W. Ingham, USNR;
LCT Group Seven, LT. G. A. Braun Jr., USNR; and served in the Aleutians Islands during the reoccupation of Kiska Island, summer 1943, and at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in 1943

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945

Final Disposition, hulk destroyed in December 1945

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1016001902	258k	*LCT(5)-81* secured to the deck of USS LST-19 in San Francisco Bay prior to leaving for the Aleutian Islands in July, 1943. *LCT(5)-81* was launched at Dutch Harbor for the Kiska invasion, 15 August 1943.	Ronald Swanson, LCT Flotillas of WWII and The Newsletter of the LCT Flotillas of World War II, Volume 1, No.1, April 2000, page 8
1018008103	193k	Early crew of *LCT(5)-81* – Standing: Louis Kozma, Wilcox, Clifford Kitz, W.W. Brown, Joseph Briere, Charles Amos. Front: Douglas Swanson, J.W. Brown, Hatch, New Orleans 1943.
1018008104	126k	*LCT(5)-81* crew members, William.W. Brown (ships cook) and Joseph Briere (gunners mate) practice with the on board 20mm gun mount. Photo was taken before *LCT(5)-81* was loaded onto the deck of USS LST-213 at New Orleans, spring 1943.	Ronald Swanson, LCT Flotillas of WWII
	22k	*LCT(5)-81* beached at Kiska Island, Alaska, 15 August 1943	WWII LCTs Web Site
1018008105	384k	*LCT(5)-81* and *LCT(5)-320* unloading onto the beach at Kiska Island, September 1943. "Kiska by Dmitri Kessel 1943-09" Time-Life image 116110169.	David Upton
1018008106	245k	"Church Call" Just prior to being launched from USS LST-213 religious services were held in the well deck of *LCT(5)-81* near Tarawa in December, 1943.	Ronald Swanson, LCT Flotillas of WWII
	87k	LCT(5)-81 just prior to launch from USS LST-213 at Betio Anchorage, Tarawa Atoll, 4 January 1944.	The Library of Virginia US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection
1018025201	233k	*LCT(5)-252* and *LCT-81* unloading into barges at Apamama, Gilbert Islands, 19 February 1944. US National Archives Identifier 193851535, US Army Air Corps photo # 65213A.C.	David Upton
1018008107	684k	*LCT(5)-81* crew.	Ronald Swanson, LCT Flotillas of WWII