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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)- 61

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 30 September 1942, at Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 8 October 1942
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. R. E. Jones, USNR, Officer in Charge
  • During World War II LCT(5)-61 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Fourteen LCDR. A. Z. Kouri USNR;
     LCT Group Forty-One, LT. G. P. Franklin USNR; and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Lae occupation, 9 to 10 and 12 to 13 September 1943     		Bismarck Archipelago operation operations
    Arawe, New Britain, 19 to 31 December 1943
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 and 27 December 1943

  • LCT(5)-61 also serviced at Australia in 1943 and Ulithi and Peleliu in November 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • LCT(5)-61 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, hulk destroyed 28 September 1948
    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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