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US Army LCU-1524
Chapultepec


LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down, July 1954, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched in 1954
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, wrecked in 1979
    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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    Chapultepec
    1018152401
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    Namesake
    Chapultepec For his final assault on Mexico City on September 13, 1847, American General Winfield Scott deployed 7,200 men southwest of the capital. Here rose the rocky, 200 foot high hill of Chapultepec, where Mexican President General Antonio de Santa Anna had posted 1,000 troops. Another 4,000 Mexicans manned secondary fortifications in the area, while some 10,000 stood behind the walls of the city itself. Early on September 13, Scott’s artillery opened a bombardment of Chapultepec. Then at 8 am the 4th and 3rd divisions began ascending the hill. Despite heavy enemy fire, Pillow’s Americans steadily climbed the slope, aided by ladders and pickaxes. By 9:30 am they had reached and cleared the summit despite the stiff resistance of Los Ninos, about 100 boy cadets who defended the Mexican Military Academy. The fall of Chapultepec opened the causeways to the western garitas (stone police customs stations) of the city. By evening the 1st and 4th divisions had stormed and taken two of these garitas. The attack cost Scott 130 killed, 703 wounded and 29 missing.
    Photo - Painting by CArl Nebel of the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War from the book "The War Between the United States and Mexico, Illustrated" by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, 1851. (Wikipedia)
    Map - Battle of Chapultepec, Disposition of Forces. (Wikipedia)
    Tommy Trampp
    Chapultepec
    1018152402
    131k Crew of Chapultepec (LCU-1524) showing off fish caught. Also three LCM-6’s, 1955-63. John Spivey

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