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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-146

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 10 July 1943, New George Group)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Hearts (2 WIA, 10 July 1943)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 27 August 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Launched, 17 September 1942
  • Delivered, 27 September 1942
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(5)-146 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    South Pacific Force;
     LCT Flotilla 6, LCDR P.A. Wells:
     LCT Group Sixteen;
     LCT Division Thirty-Two and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operations
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 20 June 31 August 1943     		Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Green Island landing, 15 to 19 February 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 November 1945
  • LCT(5)-146 earned two battles star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, hulk destroyed, 2 October 1945
    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-132
    1018013202    		 220k LCTs, including LCT(5)-146 and LCT(5)-132, beached Banika Island, 29 June 1943, prior to loading equipment for movement to Rendova.
    U.S Army Signal Corps photo #161-43-33-E-9S159E. National Archives; World War II Operations Reports - Pacific Theater: 31-001_2 page 53. National Archives Identifier (NAID 402629995). Colorized for detail.    		 David Upton
    LCT-146
    1018014602    		 225k View of a section of Yellow Beach showing loaded trucks prior to loading cargo aboard LCTs including LCT(5)-146, at Banika Island, 29 June 1943.
    U.S Army Signal Corps photo #161-43-659-9S159E. National Archives; World War II Operations Reports - Pacific Theater: 31-001_1 page 431. National Archives Identifier (NAID 402629994). Colorized for detail.    		 David Upton
    LCT-146
    1018014603    		 243k View of supply point showing LCT(5)-146 beached for loading on Yellow Beach, Banika Island, Russell Island Group. Supplies are tents and company impedimenta of the 2nd Battalion, 103rd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Division.
    U.S Army Signal Corps photo #161-43-654-9S159E. Mulholland. National Archives; World War II Operations Reports - Pacific Theater: 31-002_1 page 36. National Archives Identifier (NAID 402630238>.    		 David Upton
    LCT-146 38k Letter of Commendation from Commanding Officer Flotilla #5 & 6, (LCT 5) to Commanding Officers and Crews LCT(5)-146 and LCT(5)-322 for action against the enemy on 10 July 1943, at Munda Island, New Georgia Group. Ralph Ambrosio for his father Louis Ambrosio Coxsn/Bosn's Mate 2nd class LCT-146
    There is no history for LCT(5)-146 available at NavSource
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