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St. Mihiel (LCU-1674)

LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility
  • Built in 1976 by Marinette Marine, Marinette, WI.
  • Launched, 1976
  • Delivered, 1976
  • Retired from US Army service in Janujary 2003
  • Sold in 2002, renamed MV Bimini Cat
  • 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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    St. Mihiel (LCU-1674)
    St Mihiel
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    Namesake
    St. Mihiel - The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a major World War I battle fought from 12–15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions
    A French World War I Renault FT-17 tank, ditching. Original title: "Tank ploughing its way through a trench and starting toward the German line, during World War I, near Saint Michel, France."
    US Army Signal Corps photo 20951 - from the US Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs, digital ID cph.3c15011.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Merchant Service
    St Mihiel
    1018167401    		 91k Ex-St. Mihiel (LCU-1674) on her delivery cruise at Sylvan Beach, N.Y., start of the Erie Canal
    Courtesy Marine Traffic ©Tom Ray     		Tommy Trampp
    St Mihiel
    1018167402    		 61k MV Bimini (ex-St. Mihiel (LCU-1674) underway off North Bimini, Bahamas, 31 May 2012
    Courtesy Marine Traffic ©CAPT. Chris Knowles     		Tommy Trampp
    St Mihiel
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