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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
Commando (LCU-1675)
1018167506	264k	Namesake Commando - Commando is an air operations designed to intercept North Vietnamese infiltration routes through Laos into South Vietnam. Code named "Commando Hunt" involved a series of air operations by U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps aircraft. Beginning in 1968, the campaign terminated in January 1973. While infiltration was slowed by this campaign, it was not seriously disrupted. The objective of the operation was to cut off the flow of supplies being shipped down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This supply route through the remote, heavily forested mountain region of eastern Laos was indispensable to Communist units operating in South Vietnam. Most of their weapons and ammunition came down the trail. Daily necessities were usually obtained locally. Military officials reported 30,000 trucks loaded with supplies were destroyed during the series of 33 Commando Hunt operations. The operations generally prevented Communists in the south from marshaling large scale, sustained ground operations. Photos - Operation Commando Hunt patch, Jacob Van Staaveren: Interdiction in Southern Laos. Washington DC: Center of Air Force History, 1993. Vietnam War Animals - Elephants are used to transport supplies through rough terrain (On Ho Chi Minh trail) Map - Southern Laos Ho Chi Minh Trail		Tommy Trampp
1018167505	161k
1018167501	55k	Commando (LCU-1675) while assigned as an interim ferry at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, date unknown Photo by Navy PO2 Sharay L. Bennett		Robert Hurst
1018167502	346k	Commando (LCU-1675) docking at Ferry Beach while assigned as an interim ferry at US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 2021. The white angular block at far left is the memorial to the battle of Midway. Photo by Branden Deschaine		Robert Hurst
ARD Neyba (LD31)
1018167504	100k	ARD Neyba (LD31) (ex-Commando (LCU-1675)) moored in the Dominican Republic at Santa Domingo, 3 May 2010. Courtesy Shipspotting.com ©Captain Ted		Tommy Trampp

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