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Landing Craft Utility LCU-1652

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1646 Class Landing Craft Tank (Modified Version of LCT Mark 5)
  • Laid down in 1970 at Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register in 1998
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    two M60 machine guns
    one M203 grenade launcher
    twelve M16 rifles
    two 9mm pistols
    Load 170 tons
    Military Lift three M1A1 tanks, 10 LAVs or 400+ troops, 125 tons of cargo.
    Radar Navigation: LN 66 or SPS-53; I band.
    Propulsion
    two Detroit 12V-71 Diesel engines
    twin shafts, 680shp sustained, Kort nozzles
    Fuel Capacity 3220 gals.
    Range 1,200nm at eight knots.
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    LCU-1652 171k LCU-1652 underway, date and location unknown.
    Source PhotoShip.co.UK, courtesy James Olsson    		 Tommy Trampp
    LCU-1652 278k LCU-1652 moored with ramp down, date and location unknown.
    Source PhotoShip.co.UK, courtesy James Olsson    		 Tommy Trampp
    There is no DANFS history record for LCU-1652 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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