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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-359

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Biak - 27 May - 12 June 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 15 November 1942, at Decatur Iron & Steel Co., Decatur, AL.
  • Launched, 25 November 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 25 November 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-359 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Eight
     LCT Group Twenty-Three and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operations
    Finschhafen occupation, 1 to 10, 18 to 26 November, 16 to 18 December 1943, 22 January 1944
    Saidor occupation, 8 to 9 February 1944     		Hollandia operations, 9 to 18 May 1944
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Arawe, New Britain, 28 to 29 February 1944     		Western New Guinea operations
    Biak Island operation, 27 May to 12 June 1944

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(5)-359 earned four 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. Ship's service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-359
    1018035901    		 287k LCT(5)-359 pulls away from a ship, 20 March 1944, carrying a contingent of the 4,000 Marines landed at Emirau, the last of the series of operations that made up Operation Cartwheel, General Douglas MacArthur's strategy for the encirclement of the major Japanese base at Rabaul. The island was not occupied by the Japanese and there was no fighting.
    US National Archives Identifier 205584469, Local Identifier 26-G-2200, US Coast Guard Photo # 26-G-2200.    		 David Upton
    There is no history record for LCT(5)-359 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Action Report, Biak Island, LCT Group 23, LCT Flotilla 8
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 21 May 2021