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LCU-1680

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility
  • Built in 1987 by Trinity Marine Group, Halter Marine, Escatawpa MS.
  • Launched, 1987
  • Delivered, 11 October 1987
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Assigned to U.S. Naval Reserve Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2), Det 205 at Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Reassigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1), circa 2009-2020
  • Current Disposition, 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
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    1018168001    		 200k LCU-1680 moored, probably at Buffalo, N.Y. while assigned to U.S. Naval Reserve ACU-2 Det 205, date unknown. David Wright
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