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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1643

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

LCU-1627 Class Landing Craft Tank (Modified Version of LCT Mark 5)

Built between 1969 and 1970 at Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, WI.

Delivered, date unknown

Current Disposition, unknown

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

Size	Image Description	Source
80k	*LCU-1643* underway with a full load, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
282k	*LCU-1643* underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1980.	Joe Radigan MACM USN ret.
167k	*LCU-1643* and an *LCM-8* approach the beach during amphibious landing exercises, date and location. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, January 1981.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
118k	*LCU-1643* off loading troops across the stern gate of a large amphibious ship, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
79k	*LCU-1643* beached in Greece while off loading equipment, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
56k	*LCU-1643* comes ashore during Exercise SOLID SHIELD '83, at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, N.C., 16 April 1983. Defense Imagery web photo # DN-ST-85-07127 by PH1 C.W. Griffin, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Imagery web site.	Defense Imagery
54k	A Mark 8 mechanized landing craft (LCM), right, and *LCU 1643* come ashore during Exercise SOLID SHIELD '83, at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, N.C., 16 April 1983. In the background is *USS Manitowoc* (LST 1180)** Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-85-07124 by PH1 C.W. Griffin, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Imagery web site.	Defense Imagery
1460k	*LCU-1643, assigned to Assault Craft Unit* (ACU) 2 based at Little Creek, VA., transport's an M149 water buffalo trailer back to the amphibious dock landing ship *USS Oak Hill* (LSD-51), off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 July 2009. Oak Hill is participating in the combined multinational exercise Southern Partnership Station '09. Partnership Station is a combined naval and amphibious operation with Oak Hill and maritime forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Oak Hill** is supporting U.S Marine Corps Forces South multinational amphibious exercise Southern Exchange 2009. US Navy photo # 090728-N-0924R-023 by MC3 Cory Rose.	Robert Hurst