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179k | LCU-1627 beached in the background as US Marines prepare to load/unload vehicles. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1993. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | ||
67k | LCU-1627 unloading material from a commercial freighter, date and place unknown. US Navy photo. |
Global Security | ||
83k | LCU-1627 beached to load a Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine tank during a combined ROK-U.S. amphibious assault maneuver during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000 in Korea. Photo by TSgt. James E. Lotz, USAF. |
US DoD photo | ||
119k | LCU-1627 returns U.S Marines and Sailors assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) in the Persian Gulf, 28 February 2005. U.S. Navy photo # 050228-N-8801B-012 by PH3 Travis M. Burns. |
Jack Treutle | ||
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109k | ENS. Christopher Smith prepares to flag down LCU 1627 assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship
USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) as she prepares to make the beach in a small fishing village, 21 February 2006.
Harpers Ferry and the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) are providing
humanitarian assistance to victims in the Saint Bernard Municipality, where the town of Guinsahugon, located in the southern part of the island, Philippines, was completely devastated
during a landslide, 17 February 2006.
U.S. Navy photo # 060221-N-4772B-179 JO2 Brian P. Biller. |
Robert Hurst | |
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200k | LCU-1627 departs the well deck of the amphibious landing dock ship
USS Juneau (LPD-10) carrying U.S. and Philippine Marines who will conduct bilateral training together ashore, Sulu Bay, Philippines, 23 October 2006.
U.S. Navy photo # 061023-N-7763T-041 by ENS. Sarah Thomas. |
Robert Hurst | |
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163k | Assault Craft Unit (ACU)1's LCU 1627 prepares to enter the well deck of the
amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2), flagship of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ESXARG), 22 March 2007.
Essex will be participating in Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration (RSOI) and "Foal Eagle 07".
U.S. Navy photo # 070322-N-4124C-029 by MC2 Adam R. Cole. |
Robert Hurst | |
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103k | LCU 1627 carries Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines to the well deck of the amphibious assault ship
USS Essex (LHD-2) through heavy seas during Exercise "Foal Eagle", 28 March 2007.
U.S. Navy photo # 070328-N-4010S-02 MCC Ty Swartz. |
Robert Hurst | |
151k | LCU-1627 begins hauling in the messenger line from dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) to begin a towing exercise, 17 August 2007. Harpers Ferry is underway in support of Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) 2007. SEACAT is a week long naval exercise between the U.S. and six Southeast Asia nations that allows participating nations to apply maritime security tactics in dynamic threat situations. U.S. Navy photo # 070817-N-0120A-046 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 17, 2007) by MC3 Mark R. Alvarez. |
Navy Newsstand | ||
1184k | Family and friends of the crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) prepare to board from LCU 1627 for the 2008 Tiger Cruise, 7 August 2008. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. U.S. Navy photo # 080807-N-9418A-008 SASEBO, Japan (Aug. 7, 2008) by MC3 Matthew A. Ebarb. |
Robert M. Cieri | ||
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189k | LCU-1627 and LCU-1631 prepare to enter the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious
assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) in the Philippine Sea, 28 September 2011. Essex is part of the
Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting operations in the western Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo #'s 110928-N-ER662-210(1) 110928-N-ER662-266(2) and 110928-N-ER662-266(3) by MC3 Matthew R. Cole. |
Robert Hurst | |
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210k | LCU-1631 and LCU-1627, assigned to Beachmaster Unit
(BMU) 1, prepare to enter the well deck of the forward depolyed Amphibious Assault Ship USS Essex (LHD-2),
in the Philippine Sea, 1 October 2011. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is on patrol in the western Pacific region.
U.S. Navy photo ID 111001-N-KM175-002 by MC1 Terry Matlock |
Robert Hurst | |
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199k | Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) unload supplies from
LCU-1627 at Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand, 10 February 2012, after departing the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship
USS Germantown (LSD 42) Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31st MEU, is currently
underway in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012.
U.S. Navy photo 120210-N-WV964-002 by MC1 Johnie Hickmon |
Robert Hurst | |
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159k | A tractor unloads equipment from LCU-1627 at Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand, 10 February 2012, after departing the forward-deployed amphibious
dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31st MEU, is currently
underway in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012.
U.S. Navy photo 120210-N-WV964-006 by MC1 Johnie Hickmon |
Robert Hurst | |
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163k | Boatswain's BM2 Andres Chaviz guides a tractor onto LCU-1627 at Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand, 10 February 2012, after departing the forward-deployed amphibious
dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31st MEU, is currently
underway in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012.
U.S. Navy photo 120210-N-WV964-007 by MC1 Johnie Hickmon |
Robert Hurst |
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