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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1661

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Lebanon)

LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility

Built in 1970, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered, date unknown

Status, active

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	301k	*LCU-1661* off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon , circa 1983. US Navy photo	Tommy Trampp
	57k	*LCU-1661* transporting Marines into *USS Raleigh* (LPD-1)**, date and location unknown.	Photo by Antonio "Tony" Garcia LCU-1661
	50k	*LCU-1661* crew member BMSN Polk backing a truck into the *LCU1661*, while BM2 Pickler, in the yellow vest in the background, assists in directing the loading of the LCU. The "61" was loading Marine vehicles in North Carolina for transportation to ships heading for the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm	Photo by Antonio "Tony" Garcia LCU-1661
	70k	*LCU-1661* entering the well-deck of Pensacola (LSD-37) at Dubai during Desert Strom.	Photo by Antonio "Tony" Garcia LCU-1661
	26k	*LCU-1661* beached on Masirah Island, off the coast of Oman while preparing for Desert Strom.>	Photo by Antonio "Tony" Garcia LCU-1661
	310k	*LCU-1661* and *LCU-1658, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU-2)* based at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., prepare to embark aboard the amphibious assault ship *USS Nassau* (LHA-4), 12 September 2008. Nassau** is underway to provide assistance to civilian authorities, if called upon, in the wake of Hurricane Ike. US Navy photo # 080912-N-6439C-021 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2008) by MC2 Amanda Clayton.	Douglas Brown
	457k	*LCU-1661, LCU-1656, and LCU-1658* assigned to Beach Master Unit (BMU-2) moored at the Port of Galveston. *USS Nassau* (LHA-4)** is anchored off the coast of Galveston to provide humanitarian assistance support to civil authorities as directed in the wake of Hurricane Ike US Navy photo # 080919-N-6575H-574 GALVESTON, Texas (Sept. 19, 2008) by MCC Chris Hoffpauir.	Douglas Brown
1018166106 100829-N-7293M-091	121k	*LCU-1661* entering the well deck of the Amphibious Transport Dock Ship *USS Ponce* (LPD-15)** after the ship got underway from Morehead City, N.C. after embarking elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), 29 August 2010. *Ponce* is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and is en route to Pakistan on a U.S. humanitarian mission to support flood relief efforts. U.S. Navy photo #'s 100829-N-7293M-091 and 100829-N-7293M-109 by MC1 Nathanael Miller	Robert Hurst
1018166107 100829-N-7293M-109	166k		Robert Hurst