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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-178

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 7 October 1942, at Quincy Barge Builder, Quincy, IL.
  • Delivered in three section, 22 October 1942, for trans-shipping to Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. for assembly
  • Launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, 8 November 1942
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(5)-178 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; LCT Flotilla Seven and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Lae Occupation, 4 and 16 September 1943     		Consolidation and capture of southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943
    Arawe. Mew Britain, 9 to 10 January 1944     		 
  • Placed out of service in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1946
  • LCT(5)-178 earned three battle stars for World War II
  • Final Disposition, hulk destroyed, 29 January 1946
    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. Ship's service generator
    three propellers, 675shp
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