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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-181

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 29 September 1942, at Quincy Barge Builders, Quincy, IL.
  • Delivered in three section, 15 October 1942, for trans-shipping to Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. for assembly
  • Assembled, launched and placed in service at Mare Island Navy Yard, 4 November 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-181 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Five, LCDR. Paul A Wells;
    LCT Group Fifteen;
     LCT Division Twenty-Nine and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operation
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 20 June to 5 October 1943
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946
  • LCT(5)-181 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, hulk destroyed, 1 December 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-181 102k LCT(5)-181 comes alongside USS Fletcher (DD-445) with survivors from USS DeHaven (DD-469) aboard. DeHaven had been sunk by Japanese air attack on 1 February 1943, the day this photo was taken.
    US National Archives, Photo # 80-G-284581 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Photo by Philippe Gonzales
    Caption - Mike Green.
    LCT-181
    1018018101    		 80k LCT(5)-181 beached at Munda, New Georgia, Island, after conversion to a repair barge, 5 October 1943.
    US Navy photo from Acme now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Tommy Trampp
    LCT-181
    1018018103    		 288k LCT(5)-181 retracting from Laiana Beach, New Georgia, 4 September 1943, on her way to Sasevele Island, a distance of about 3.5 miles.
    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo #161-43-4226-83157E by Pasch. World War II Operations Reports - Pacific Theater: 31-002_1 page 155 National Archives Identifier (NAID 402630238). Auto Colorized for detail.    		 David Upton
    LCT-370
    1018037001    		 115k LCT(5)-370 beaches alongside LCT(5)-181 at Laiana Beach, New Georgia, 4 September 1943.
    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo #161-43-4221-83L57E, by Pasch. World War II Operations Reports - Pacific Theater: 31-002_1 page 149 National Archives (NAID 402630238). Auto Colorized for detail.    		 David Upton
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