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Landing Craft Tank
LCT(5)-464

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
  • Laid down, 24 September 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 29 September 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service, 8 October 1942, ENS J.D. O'Flaherty USNR Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(5)-464 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 9 September 1944

  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT-464 came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Eight, LCDR. M. R. Doherty, USNR;
     LCT Group One Hundred Fourteen
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(5)-464 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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