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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-136

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, 11 August 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 9 September 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 21 October 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-136 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla Ten and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation 9 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of Southern France 15 August to 5 September 1944
    West Coast of Italy operations
    Anzio-Nuttuno advanced landings, 22 January to 1 March 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944     		 

  • Placed out of service in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • LCT(5)-136 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Sold, 30 August 1946
  • 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-136 172k LCT(5)-136 (far right) beached during the invasion of Sicily, 9 July 1943, showing men and materiel landing under heavy fire on D-Day. Note shell burst in center.
    US National Archives, Photo No. SC-175764, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives./font>    		 Mike Green
    LCT-413
    101841304    		 290k Landing supplies on one of the "Cent" force beaches, Scoglitti, Sicily, 10 July 1943. Note pile of "Jerry" cans in foreground. Landing craft present from left to right include LCT(5)-413, LCT(5)-152, USS LCI-37 and USS LCI-237. The LCM at left is from USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70). A "DUKW" amphibious truck is in center. On the horizon from the left is LCT(5)-434 and LCT(5)-136.
    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog #80-G-87509, from the collections of the U.S. National Archives.    		 David Upton
    LCT-136
    1018013603    		 487k LCT(5)-136 on the beach during the Sicily Invasion, circa July-August 1943, location unknown.
    USS Anne Arundel AP-76 Cruise Book 1945. PG.57    		 David Upton
    LCT-136 72k LCT(5)-136 beached while unloading British-manned Universal Carriers onto the beachhead at Anzio, circa January-February 1944. Robert Hurst
    LCT-136
    1018013604    		 304k USS LST-692 towed LCT(5)-136 from Palermo, Sicily to Oran, Algeria in 1945 where the LCT was loaded aboard LST-692 to be transported back to the United States, probably to New York.
    LST-692 Cruise Book, 1945 page 29    		 David Upton
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