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USAV SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Foxtrot - Alpha
AAFA
Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr. Class Logistics Supply Vessel:
  • Built at Moss Point Marine (VT Halter Marine, Inc.), Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, 30 September 1994, to the US Army Quartermasters Corps
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6) in 1994
  • Homeport, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,199 t.
    Length 273'
    Beam 60'
    Draft 12'
    Speed 12 kts
    Range 8,200 at 12.5 kts
    Complement
    8 Officers
    23 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 2,000 short tons
    Largest Boom Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two Electro motive Diesel engines (EMD) 16-646E2 producing 1,950 horsepower each at 999rpm
    two shafts

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    James A. Loux
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    Name sake
    James A. Loux (10 February 1950 - 5 April 1971), Silver Star recipient. Specialist Four Loux distinguished himself while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Assigned to the 458th River Patrol Boat Company, Specialist Four Loux was a seaman aboard a river boat transporting aviation fuel in support of combat operations near Cho Thu Bay Village. When his boat struck an enemy mine and was engulfed in flames, the enemy force laid down a deadly crossfire directed from both banks of the canal. Although gravely wounded, he immediately raced to his machine gun and returned fire. Specialist Four Loux continued to fire upon the hostile force until they broke contact. These actions enabled the rest of the vessels to proceed on their mission. Specialist Four Loux died of his wounds on 5 April, 1971.
    Photo from Wall of Faces, Vietnam Memorial Fund
    Tommy Trampp
    James A. Loux
    30100601
    199k USAV SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6) prepares to conduct a stern gate transfer with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50). Carter Hall is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
    US Navy photo # 101223-N-8069G-595 ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 23, 2010) by MC3 Kristin L. Grover
    US Navy Newsstand
    Carter Hall
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    170k USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) performs a stern gate transfer with U.S. Army logistics support vessel USAV SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6), 23 December 2010. Carter Hall is part of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
    U.S. Navy photo # 101223-N-8069G-929 by MC3 Kristin L. Grover.
    Robert Hurst
    James A. Loux
    30100603
    219k UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from C Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion conducts hoist training off of USAV SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6) in the Arabian Gulf. The specialized training prepares MEDEVAC crews to extract patients from ships while at sea. The 2-238th includes soldiers from both the Indiana and Kentucky Army National Guard and is currently deployed to the Middle East with the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (Texas Army National Guard) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
    Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Photo # VIRN 131107-A-AF730-705, a US Army photo by Maj. Randall Stillinger
     
    James A. Loux
    30100604
    163k Shipyard workers at the Royal Jordanian Naval Force Base off-load cargo from USAV SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6) in support of exercise Eager Lion 2015.
    Photo from www.picryl.com by U.S. Navy
    John S;pivey

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