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268k | LCU-1631 crew members prepare to receive steadying lines from Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) as the craft enters the ship’s flooded well deck, 5 September 2002. LCU-1631 transported more than 900 stranded service members, part of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, from Pohang, Republic of Korea to the Essex. With the Marines’ transportation affected by Typhoon ‘Rusa’ and running low on supplies, Essex was dispatched from its forward-deployed port of Sasebo, Japan, to Pohang to provide assistance and transportation to Okinawa, Japan. The Marines had just finished participating in the combined exercise Ulchi Focus Lens 2002 with the Republic of Korea and United States Combined Forces Command. Essex is forward-deployed to Sasebo and LCU 1631 is attached to Assault Craft Unit One Western Pacific US Navy photo # 020905-N-8590G-007 Pohang, ROK Sept. 5, 2002 by PH3 Gary B. Granger. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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181k | LCU-1631 carries U.S. Marines to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS
Essex (LHD-2) for transportation to Okinawa, Japan. LCU 1631 transported more than 900 stranded servicemembers, part of the III Marine Expeditionary Force,
from Pohang, Republic of Korea, to Essex, 5 September 2002. With the Marines’ transportation affected by Typhoon ‘Rusa’ and running low on supplies, Essex was
dispatched from her forward-deployed port of Sasebo, Japan, to Pohang to assist the Marines, just finished participating in the joint-combined exercise "Ulchi Focus Lens 2002" with the
Republic of Korea and United States Combined Forces Command. Essex is forward-deployed to Sasebo and LCU-1631 is attached to
Assault Craft Unit One Western Pacific.
U.S. Navy photo ID 020905-N-8590G-003 by PH# Gary B. Granger |
Robert Hurst | |
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99k | LCU-1631 entering the well deck of a large amphibious ship (LSD, LPD, LHA, LHD), location and date unknown. US Navy photo from the Global Security web site. |
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63k | LCU-1631 retracting from the beach, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the Global Security web site. |
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1090k | LCU-1631 transports Sailors & Marines toward the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) during a non-combatant evacuation operation drill. Essex is currently conducting operations during her scheduled deployment. US Navy photo # 101001-N-SO729-053 East China Sea (October 1, 2010) by MCSN Adam M. Bennett. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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139k | LCU-1631 entering the well deck of USS Germantown (LSD-42) at Sasebo, Japan, date unknown. | 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 |
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