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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1491

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Lebanon, 1-Dominican Republic)

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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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Specifications:
Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
Length 119' o.a.
Beam 34'
Draft 6'
Design Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 14
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons

Armament

two twin 20mm AA gun mounts, one port, one starboard

two .50 cal. machine guns

Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield

Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 shafts, Shaft horsepower 675 bhp per shaft

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	89k	LCU-1491 launching ceremony, 27 July 1955, at Island Dockyard Kingston, N.Y.		Tommy Trampp
	203k	LCU-1491 being discharged from the well deck of USS Casa Grande (LSD-13), date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine September 1957 issue.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	457k	LCU-1491 leads a LCM(8) in a practice landing at Vieques, Puerto Rico, 6 October 1964. US Navy photo text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.		Robert Hurst

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There is no DANFS history record for LCU-1491 available at NavSource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
World War II LCT Flotillas

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