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USAV Macon (LCU-2003)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Echo - Hotel
 AAEH
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, 23 March 1990
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Macon (LCU-2003), 23 March 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
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    Macon
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    Namesake
    Macon - Fort Macon was one of the Third System coastal forts that were built around the borders of the still-young United States following the War of 1812. It was built on the eastern end of Bogue Banks, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and was intended to defend the entrance to the ports of Beaufort and Morehead City. The Siege of Fort Macon took place from March 23 to April 26, 1862 It was part of Union Army General Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina Expedition during the American Civil War.(Wikipedia)
    Fort Macon as it appeared the day after the Union bombardment and subsequent Confederate surrender on April 26, 1862.
    Image: Frank Leslie Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War    		 Tommy Trampp
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