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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-459

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, Invasion of Normandy)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 20 September 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 25 September 1942
  • Delivered, 4 October 1942
  • During World War II LCT(5)-459 was assigned to the Europe-Africa Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla Four, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard, and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 and 25 June 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1945
  • LCT(5)-459 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, grounded off the coast of France, 9 October 1944
    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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    LCT-459 31k LCT(5)-459 loading elements of the US Army 227th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division in an English port for the invasion of France, circa 4 June 1944.
    US Army photo by Sgt. John Dutz.     		Photo from the collection of Mike Harpe
    LCT-459
    1018045902    		 111k LCT(5)-459 unloading onto a pontoon dock in the Utah Beach Area, Normandy, 10 July 1944.
    Frames from the short film "155MM Howitzer Firing, Cerisy Le Foret, France; Army and Divisional Military Police, Cherbourg to St Lo, France" National Archives ID 15480. Local ID 111-ADC-1673.    		 David Upton
    LCT-459
    1018045903    		 141k
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