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White Wing (LCU-1550)

LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down, January 1955, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched in 1955
  • Accepted by the US Army Quartermasters Corps, 1955
  • Allocated the the US Army Transportation Corp in 1955
  • Placed in service in 1955
  • Retired by US Army in May 1989
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    Namesake
    White Wing - Operation Masher/ White Wing, 24 January—6 March 1966, was the largest search and destroy mission that had been carried out in the Vietnam War up until that time. It was a combined mission of the United States Army, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) in Běnh Dinh Province Province on the central coast of South Vietnam. (Wikipedia)
    Photo - A Chinook brings main body of 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division troops into secured LZ 5, a mountain ridge. 3 February 1966 (NARA photo # 111-CCV-377-CC33355 by SSgt Lyle V. Boggess)
    Map - Operation Masher/White Wing, South Vietnam, January-March 1966 (US Army)     		Tommy Trampp
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