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USAV Kennesaw Mountain (LCU-2002)

International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Echo - Golf
AAEG

Runnymede Class Landing Craft Utility:

Laid down, date unknown, at Thunderbolt Marine, Savannah, GA. Completed at Trinity-Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS,

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, 9 May 1990

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Kennesaw Mountain (LCU-2002), 9 May 1990

Status, Active

Specifications:
Displacement 575 t.
Length 174'
Beam 42'
Draft 9' light

Speed

Light, 12kts per hr

Loaded, 10 kts per hr

Range 4,500 nm

Complement

Two Warrant Officers

Eleven Enlisted

Cargo Capacity 350 short tons

Largest Boom Capacity unknown

Armament unknown

Fuel Capacity unknown

Fuel Consumption 26 gal. per hour

Propulsion

two bow thrusters

two turbo charged Cummins V16 KTA50-M 1250hp diesel engines

two propeller shafts, 2,500 bhp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
302500201	135k	*Namesake* Kennesaw Mountain - The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, ending in a tactical defeat for the Union forces. Strategically, however, the battle failed to deliver the result that the Confederacy desperately needed—namely a halt to Sherman's advance on Atlanta.(Wikipedia) Confederate troops dragging guns up Kennesaw Mountain. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, The Century Company, p. 271	Tommy Trampp
302500202	193k	*USAV Kennesaw Mountain* (LCU-2002)** approaches the beach as part of the licensing process for prospective operators. The vessel is crewed by the 824th Transportation Company, a Reserve unit from Morehead City, N.C. The unit just started a year long deployment at Kuwait Naval Base,, Kuwait, to support Operation Enduring Freedom. US Army photo # 120120-A-#####-435 MOOREHEAD CITY) 20 Jan. 2012 by Cpl. Jeffrey Daniel	Tommy Trampp
302500203	120k	*USAV Kennesaw Mountain* (LCU-2002)** bridge team, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tom Heald, right, speaks to the Engine Room while, Sgt. Robert L. Wallace, center, adjusts the engine controls, and Sgt. 1st Class Ronald E. Buffkin, left, watches the radar. US Army photo, 20 January 2012	Tommy Trampp
302500204	119k	Soldiers from the 824th Transportation Company, a Reserve Unit, from Moorehead City, N.C., assigned to *USAV Kennesaw Mountain* (LCU-2002)*, point in the direction of "Oscar," the dummy used for man overboard drills near Kuwait Navy Base, Kuwait. US Army photo, 20 January 2012*	Tommy Trampp
302500205	164k	.Sgt 1st Class Daniel Close calls out distance reports to the bridge of *USAV Kennesaw Mountain* (LCU-2002)*, as she approaches the "beach" near Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait,as part of the licensing process for prospective operators, 20 January 2012. US Army photos, 20 January 2012.>*	Tommy Trampp
302500206	66k
302500207	152k

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