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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-145

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 27 August 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 15 September 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 25 September 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-145 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Six
     LCT Group Sixteen
     LCT Division Thirty-Two
  • LCT(5)-145 serviced in the Solomon Islands
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, hulk destroyed, 13 February 1946

    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-145
    1018014501    		 194k LCT(5)-145 picking up Fijian scouts and friendly natives and their families on Bougainville, Island, Solomon Islands, who were trapped in the Sisivei sector by a superior Japanese force. The Fijians who were surrounded on three sides and retreating toward House Kiape on Atsina Bay, made their plight known by means of a native runner. LCTs and LSTs were sent to pick them up. When the ship's reached them the Fijians had made a complete withdrawal to the beach and were awaiting their deliverance.
    US Army Air Corps photo # 68863A.C. now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Jason Post
    LCT-145
    1018014502    		 335k LCT(5)-145 picking up Fijian scouts and friendly natives and their families on Bougainville, Island, Solomon Islands, who were trapped in the Sisivei sector by a superior Japanese force. The Fijians who were surrounded on three sides and retreating toward House Kiape on Atsina Bay, made their plight known by means of a native runner. LCTs and LSTs were sent to pick them up. When the ship's reached them the Fijians had made a complete withdrawal to the beach and were awaiting their deliverance.
    1018014502-US National Archives Identifier 193853543US Army Air Corps photo # 68861A.C.
    1018014503-US National Archives Identifier 193853567US Army Air Corps photo # 68863A.C.
    1018014504-US National Archives Identifier 193853564US Army Air Corps photo # A68863A.C.
    1018014505-US National Archives Identifier 193853570US Army Air Corps photo # C68863A.C.
    1018014506-US National Archives Identifier 193853573US Army Air Corps photo # D68863A.C.     		David Upton
    LCT-145
    1018014503    		 288k
    LCT-145
    1018014504    		 310k
    LCT-145
    1018014505    		 294k
    LCT-145
    1018014506    		 353k
    LCT-145
    1018014507    		 187k LCT(5)-145 beached at Yellow Beach, Banika Island, Russell Islands Group, 29 June 1943.
    U.S Army Signal Corps photo #161-43-33-25-9S159E. National Archives; World War II Operations Reports - Pacific Theater: 31-002_1 page 41. National Archives Identifier (NAID 402630238). Colorized for detail.    		 David Upton
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