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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-149

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):

Laid down, 31August 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.

Launched, 28 September 1942

Delivered, 20 October 1942

Placed in service, date unknown, LTjg. Juel Guillot, USNR Office in Charge

During World War II LCT(5)-149 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater:
LCT Flotilla Ten and
LCT Flotilla Eighteen, LCDR A. Hayes and participated in the following campaigns:

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

Returned to the US aboard an LST and placed out of service in 1945 at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946

Turned over to the War Shipping Administration for disposal in July 1947

LCT(5)-149 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	210k	*LCT(5)-149* and *LCT(5)-495* beached at Slapton Sands, England, during pre-Normandy invasion rehearsals circa 1943-1944. US National Archives Catalog No. 80-G-K-1183	Mike Green
	148k	*LCT(5)-149* and *LCT(5)-495* during 1943-1944 North European Invasion rehearsals showing an army truck landing from *LCT(5)-495, during pre-Normandy invasion practice at Slapton Sands, England. US National Archives Catalog No. 80-G-K-1184*	Mike Green
	48k	*LCT(5)-149* beached at Slapton Sands, England during 1943-1944 North European Invasion rehearsals, off-loading a bulldozer. Photo from US National Archives film section	Bill Brinkley
1018024404	257k	Invasion forces in Portland Harbor, England, 1-2 June 1944. Among the vessels recognizable are *LCT(5)-244* and *LCT(5)-149* (not LCT-143). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog # 80-G-252197, from the collections of the U.S. National Archives	David Upton
	88k	View of "Omaha" Beach following emplacement of the "Gooseberry" breakwater of sunken ships, circa mid-June 1944. Construction operations are underway in the foreground, with two bulldozers at work. The old British battleship HMS Centurion, sunk as part of the breakwater, is visible in the center. Landing craft present at or near the shoreline include (from center to left): *LCT(5)-149, LCT(A)-2043, LCT(5)-413* and *LCT(6)-611. The British LCT-1024* is somewhat off shore, in the right center, headed toward the right. This view forms the left half of a panorama. US National Archives photo # 80-G-258260 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
1018014906	171k	View of the east end of the Mulberry 'A' Artificial harbor off Omaha Beach, showing the Gooseberry breakwater of sunken ships and unloading operations at the shoreline. Among the vessels on the beach are *LCT(5)-149* at left, and *LCT(5)-195* just to the right of center. Photographed by the Office of Strategic Services. It was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory, 21 November 1944, but actually taken in June of that year. Note beached seamen with their gear in the center foreground, and Royal Navy vehicle at the extreme lower left. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 80-G-286424	Robert Hurst