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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-394

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 5 December 1942, at Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon, OH.
  • Delivered in three section, 9 December 1942, for trans-shipping to Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. for assembly, ENS. R.W. Cormsen USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(5)-394 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Three (Aleutians) and
     LCT Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. L.L. Towner USN;
     LCT Group Thirty-Nine, LT. F.D. Kaser USNR;
     LCT Division Seventy-Seven (Marianas Islands) and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Aleutians operation
    Attu occupation, 11 May to 2 June 1943     		Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 11 June to 10 August 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(5)-394 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, towed to sea and sunk, date unknown
    Specifications: 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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    Saury 164k LCT(5)-394 and LCT(5)-395 in the right background, are outboard of an unidentified LCT wearing pattern camouflage, in this photo of USS Saury (SS-189) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 6 April 1943.
    US Navy photo # 103498, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2378-43 courtesy of Darryl Baker
    LCT-394
    1018039403    		 306k LCT(5)-394 beached next to North Pier, Tinian Town, Tinian Island, 4 August 1944, while offloading equipment of the Marine Corps 17th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
    US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 MACCS History
    LCT-394 324k LCT(5)-394 beached next to North Pier, Tinian Town, Tinian Island, 8 August 1944. Note the aircraft recognition charts on the pilothouse inboard of the port 20mm anti-aircraft gun.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-284335, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Tracy White
    LCT-394 181k LCT(5)-394 crew photo taken, 10 March 1946, at Luzon. P.I. Photo by Leonor Art Studio, Luzon, P.I.
    Aj Silvey for his grandfather Clarence (Lefty) Silvey top right in photo.    		 Tommy Trampp
    There is no history record for LCT(5)-394 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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