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Landing Craft Tank
LCT-149

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 31August 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 28 September 1942
  • Delivered, 20 October 1942, LTjg. Juel Guillot, Office in Charge (from delivery to Normandy)
    Relieved by Asst. Officer-in-Charge LTjg. Robert Blegen (after Normandy and through return to US in 1945)
  • During World War II LCT-149 was assigned to the European Theater, LCT Flotilla 10 and LCT Flotilla 18, LCDR A. Hayes in command, and participated in the following campaigns:
    European Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation
    10 July 1943 (LCT Flotilla 10)     		Invasion of Normandy
    5 to 25 June 1944 (LCT Flotilla 18)
    Salerno landings
    9 to 21 September 1943     		.

  • Returned to the US aboard an LST and placed out of service in 1945 at Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCT-149 earned three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 286 short tons
    Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft 3'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 13
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament 2 single 20mm AA gun mount
    Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 675 per shaft
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    LCT-149 48k LCT-149 beached at Slapton Sands, England, while off-loading a bulldozer, date unknown.
    Photo from US National Archives film section    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCT-149 88k View of "Omaha" Beach following emplacement of the "Gooseberry" breakwater of sunken ships, circa mid-June 1944. Construction operations are underway in the foreground, with two bulldozers at work. The old British battleship Centurion, sunk as part of the breakwater, is visible in the center. Landing craft present at or near the shoreline include (from center to left): LCT-149; British LCT-2043 (marked "U.S."); British LCT-1024; LCT-413 and LCT-611. The British LCT-1024 is somewhat off shore, in the right center, headed toward the right. This view forms the left half of a panorama.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-258260 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center web site
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