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USAV Lorraine (LCU-1522)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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LCU-1522 was transferred to Colombia in 1992

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Current Disposition, active in Colombian Navy

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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 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
1018152202	197k	Namesake Lorraine - The Battle of Lorraine was fought 14-22 august 1914. An early advance to Mulhouse in Alsace by the French right-wing Army of Alsace was followed by a full-scale offensive southeast of Metz by the French First and Second armies. After planned withdrawals, the German Sixth and Seventh armies turned in violent converging counter-attacks. The French were thrown back to the fortified heights of Nancy where they barely managed to stop the German drive. The French XX Corps, under General Ferdinand Foch, played a decisive role in holding Nancy. Photo - The Artilleryman's Vision - Battle of Lorraine, France WW1 1917 Map - Position of the Armies on the Western Front at the eve of World War I, U.S. Military Academy, West Point (Wikipedia)		Tommy Trampp
	22k	Ex-LCT-1522 in Colombian naval service as ARC Bahia Cupica (LCU-252) underway, date and location unknown. Bahia Cupica is homeported at the Col Naval Base Malaga at Buenaventura on the Colombian Pacific Coast. Bahia Cupica supports and transports Marine troops, and supplies from the Naval Base at Malaga to the Marine troops deployed along the Colombian Pacific Coast. She also provides medical and social work assistance to Afro-Colombian communities along the same coast		Luis Bernardo Castro Villegas

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