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USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Echo - India
 AAEI
Runnymede Class Landing Craft Utility:
  • Built in 1991-92 at Trinity-Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, 26 February 1991
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps. and Commissioned USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013), 26 February 1991
    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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    Churubusco
    302501303    		 403k
    Namesake
    Churubusco - The Battle of Churubusco took place,20 August 1847, while Santa Anna's army was in retreat from the Battle of Contreras during the Mexican–American War. In this battle the San Patricio Battalion, made up largely of US deserters, made their last stand against U.S. forces. The U.S. Army was victorious, outnumbering more than two-to-one the defending Mexican troops. After the battle, the U.S. Army was only 5 miles away from Mexico City. About 50 of the captured San Patricios were later hanged. (Wikipedia)
    Currier & Ives hand colored lithograph by "Battle of Churubusco--Fought near the city of Mexico 20th of August 1847 / J. Cameron." Hand tinted lithograph, 1847. ©N. N. Currier.
    Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, Digital Id pga 06126 - United States Public Domain     		Tommy Trampp
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    302501301    		 247k USAV Churubusco (LCU 2013) carrying Abrams and Bradley in Kuwait, date unknown. reddit.com
    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100502    		 100k USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) (left) and USAV MG Robert Smalls (LSV-8) (right) with USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013) alongside, moored in the Persian Gulf, 9 November 2012.
    Photo taken by General125 (real name unknown)
    Churubusco
    3025201302    		 89k Churubusco (LCU-2013) moored pierside at Port of Shuaybah, Kuwait, date unknown. Tommy Trampp
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    3025201304    		 138k Waves crash over the side of USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013) in the Persian Gulf, 10 January 2013, during training mission Operation Spartan Mariner. The mission, conducted by 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, 47th Transportation Company, 420th Movement Control Battalion and 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, consisted of 19 vehicles being loaded on four U.S. Army vessels to take part in multiple drills and exercises at sea.
    U.S. Army photo # 130110-A-1524J-452 by Sgt. Christopher Johnston.    		 Robert Hurst
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