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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)- 7

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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 11 July 1942, at Manitowoc Ship Building Co. Manitowoc, WI.
  • Launched, 10 August 1942
  • Delivered, 4 September 1942
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(5)-7 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Ten; and
     LCT Flotilla Eighteen and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation 9 to 15 July 1943 (Flotilla 10) Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944 (Flotilla 18)
    Salerno landings 9 to 21 September 1943 (Flotilla 10)  

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • LCT(5)-7 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Delivered, 4 October 1946 to the War Shipping Administration and sold the same day to Benjamin D. Baxter, New Bedford, MA., named MV Waga-Waga (ON 251137)
  • Resold in 1948 to Oliver3 F. Knowles, Brewster MA.
  • Out of documentation in 1960
  • 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-7
    1018000703    		 279k LCT(5)-7 at Licata, Sicily, circa July-August 1943.
    U.S. Naval Construction Battalions: The Seabees. Page 71.    		 David Upton
    LCT-7
    1018000702    		 255k LCT(5)-7 and LCT(5)-495 beached at Slapton Sands , Devon, England while participating in amphibious exercises in preparation for the invasion of Europe circa April 1944. Note LCT(5)-474 approaching the beach in the background.
    US National Archives Identifier 12003991 (US National Archives photo # 80-G-251836)    		 David Upton
    LCT-109
    1018020902    		 358k LCTs including LCT(5)-209, LCT(5)-213, moored aft of LCT(5)209, LCT(5)-22 and LCT(5)-7, nested to the right, at Falmouth, England, during May-June 1944 preparing for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France. These LCTs were assigned to move elements of the U.S. Army 29th Infantry Division.. Note LCT-209 is already loaded with equipment showing a rare image of two M26 armored heavy tank transporter/tank recovery tractors closest to the pilot house.
    Photo from the US National Archives    		 David Upton
    LCT-7
    1018000701    		 195k LCT(5)-7 washed up on shore at Omaha beach along with other vessels washed up or severely damaged on 19-20 June 1944 when the English Channel was lashed by a most violent storm. This image was taken at Omaha Beach some weeks after the storm, but the damage it inflicted was still evident.
    Life Magazine Archives, G. Scherschel photographer, shared by Peter DeForest.    		 Mike Green
    There is no history record for LCT(5)-7 available at NavSource
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