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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-293

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944 Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, September 1942, at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 5 October 1942
  • Delivered, October 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-293 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla 10 at Sicily and Flotilla 18 , LCDR A. Hayes, at Normandy, and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 28 July to 17 August 1943 Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 24 June 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(5)-293 earned two 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. Ships' service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-293
    1018029305    		 93k Launching of LCT(5)-293, 5 October 1942, at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS.
    Darby Corporation photo by Tyner & Murphy Kansas City, MO.    		 Tommy Trampp
    LCT-293 78k LCT(5)-293 moored pierside prior to being loaded aboard and LST for transit to England, circa 1944, location unknown. Chris Miller for his father George Robert Miller SM2/c LCT-293
    LCT-293 42k LCT(5)-293 at Palermo, Sicily, off loading cargo, 3 August 1943. Bill Brinkley
    LCT-293 75k LCT(5)-293 and LCT(5)-207, probably in port in southern England prior to D-Day 6 June 1944. Chris Miller for his father George Robert Miller SM2/c LCT-293
    LCT-293 79k LCT(5)-293 being loaded with tanks for the invasion of Normandy in a southern England, date unknown. Chris Miller for his father George Robert Miller SM2/c LCT-293
    There is no history for LCT(5)-293 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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