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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1649

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Navy Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Ribbon - Humanitarian Service Medal
LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility:
  • Built between 1970 and 1971 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Placed in service with Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2), NAB Little Creek, VA.
  • Placed out of service and sold in 2008, named Seabridge 2, reflagged St. Kitts
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    two M60 machine guns
    one M203 grenade launcher
    twelve M16 rifles
    two 9mm pistols
    Load 170 tons
    Military Lift three M1A1 tanks, 10 LAVs or 400+ troops, 125 tons of cargo.
    Radar Navigation: LN 66 or SPS-53; I band.
    Propulsion
    two Detroit 12V-71 Diesel engines
    twin shafts, 680shp sustained, Kort nozzles
    Fuel Capacity 3220 gals.
    Range 1,200nm at eight knots
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    LCU-1649 17k LCU-1649 underway off Bay City, MI. Defoe Shipbuilding photo.  
    LCU-1649 18k LCU-1649 underway off Bay City, MI. Defoe Shipbuilding photo.  
    LCU-1649 736k LCU-1649 passes near the Soviet Kashin class DDG Krasny Krim. The US Navy Amphibious Ready Group was at anchor in the Kithira Straits, 25 June 1976. Note USS Charleston (AKA-113) anchored in the background.
    Photos taken from Krasny Krim    		 Eugene Ivkin
    LCU-1649 390k
    LCU-1649 567k
    LCU-1649 125k A Marine Corps M-923 5-ton truck drives ashore from LCU-1649 at Camp Lejeune, N.C. in 1985. Tommy Trampp
    LCU-1649
    1018164907    		 186k An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) launched from LCU-1649 advances onto "Green Beach" during a mock invasion in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada. The maritime combined operational training exercise Unified Spirit '98 includes forces from Canada, Denmark, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and other NATO nations. The exercise provides effective, realistic training to improve the skills they might employ during a NATO led peace keeping support operation. USS Nashville (LPD-13) is visible in the background, June 1998.
    US Marine Corps photo 980615-M-8902P-009 by Lance Cpl. Timothy A. Pope    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history for LCU-1649 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 30 April 2021