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Cumberland (LCU-1511)

LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down, April 1954, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched in 1954
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermasters Corp 1954 Retired, July 1993
  • Sold in 1994
  • Name changed to Neptune, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sank in 1999
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
    Length 119' (ovl.)
    Beam 34'
    Draft 6'
    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 ½" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 shafts, Shaft horsepower 675 bhp per shaft
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    Namesake
    Cumberland - The Battle of Cumberland Gap was a victory for Union forces under the command of Ambrose Burnside during his campaign for Knoxville. The bloodless engagement cost the Confederates 2,300 men and control of the Cumberland Gap. General Burnside's Army occupying Cumberland Gap.
    Harper's Weekly, October 10, 1863 Sketch by Sgt. Brennan, CO D, 8th Michigan Cavalry,     		Tommy Trampp
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