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Lost to enemy action in June 1944

Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-305

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 6 June 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 11 September 1942, at Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp. Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 10 October 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 11 November 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-305 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotillas 18, Group 53, LCDR. A. Hayes and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of Normandy - Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944
  • LCT(5)-305 transported 2nd Platoon, D Battery 197th AAA AW (SP) Battalion, Platoon under the command of LT. Meday, USA to the Normandy beachhead
  • Final Disposition, destroyed during the Invasion of Normandy, June 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 March 1945
  • LCT(5)-305 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    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-305
    1018030502    		 133k LCT(5)-305 underway in April 1944 off the coast of England during pre-invasion (D-day) maneuvers.
    Still frame from Fox Movietone News Story 51-961. University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collections. No license required.    		 David Upton
    LCI(L)-320 252k LCT(5)-305 and USS LCI(L)-320 training for the Normandy invasion at Slapton Sands, near Dartmouth, England, date unknown.
    Official US Coast Guard photo.    		 Mike Green
    LCT-305
    1018030504    		 68k LCT-305 underway at Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy France, 6 June 1944. Martin Hilgers
    LCT-205 141k LCT(5)-305 on the beach at Normandy with her back broken, date unknown. Eugene Coughenour SM/1c USNR V6, USS LST-7
    LCT-305
    1018030503    		 192k U.S. Army trucks moving inland from Omaha Beach, soon after the landings there. Note: .50 caliber quad anti-aircraft gun in the left foreground; barrage balloon overhead; LCT-305 on the beach in center, with a Rhino (RHF) just offshore to the right; and ships in the distance being positioned for scuttling as part of the Gooseberry artificial harbor.
    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 80-G-252567    		 Robert Hurst
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