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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-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., Pittsburg, PA.
  • Launched, 31 October 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 24 November 1942
  • During World War II LCT-81 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCT Flotilla Three, Group Eight and served at:
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
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    LST-19/LCT-81 258k LCT-81 secured to the deck of LST-19 while at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 1943. Flotilla The Newsletter of the LCT Flotillas of World War II, Volume 1, No.1, April 2000, page 8
    LCT-81 22k LCT-81 beached at Kiska Island, Alaska, 15 August 1943 WWII LCTs Web Site
    LCT-81 87k LCT-81 just prior to launch from LST-213 at Betio Anchorage, Tarawa Atoll, 4 January 1944. The Library of Virginia US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection
    View LCT-81 Located at the World War II Landing Craft Tanks Web Site.
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