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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1641

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National Defense Service Medal

LCU-1627 Class Landing Craft Tank (Modified Version of LCT Mark 5)
  • Laid down in 1969 at Marinette Marine, Marinette, WI.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, disposed of as a target, 4 May 2002
    Specifications
    Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
    Length 119' (o.a.)
    Beam 34'
    Draft 6'
    Design Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    one single 20mm AA gun mount
    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
    There is no DANFS history record for LCU-1641 available at NavSource
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    LCT-1641 245k A LVT-5 is hoisted aboard LCU-1641, circa 1973. The LVT-5 sank off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, and was raised by the dock landing ship USS Portland (LSD-37).
    US Navy "All Hands" magazine March 1973, p. 17.    		 Robert Hurst
    LCT-1641
    1018164102    		 112k LCU-1641 underway at Charlestown, S.C. a week before Hurricane Hugo hit. (September 1989)
    Photo from FLICKEr by tshiverd    		 John Spivey
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