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USAV El Caney (LCU-2017)

International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Mike - Oscar
ADMO

Runnymede Class Landing Craft Utility:

Laid down, date unknown, at Trinity-Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS,

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, 19 April 1991

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV El Caney (LCU-2017), 19 April 1991

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
302501701	488k	*Namesake* El Caney - The battle of El Caney, which took place during the first two weeks of July 1898. After the withdrawal of Spanish outposts from Las Guasimas, Cuba, the key points defending Santiago de Cuba against an American advance were along a line from San Juan Hill northeast to El Caney. On July 1, the Americans attacked along the entire line. General Henry Lawton's division carried El Caney. The attack against San Juan Hill was not so well timed. Colonel Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and one division captured San Juan by desperation as much as by design. This placed the American army in control of high ground overlooking Santiago. Frightened by American artillery, Admiral Topete sought the sea as an escape. The U.S. Navy, under Admiral William Sampson, overwhelmed him and his fleet on July 3. Santiago surrendered on July 17, 1898 after a brief naval war of attrition. Photo - The 7th Regular Infantry, charging through the fields at the north of El Caney, are cutting their way through the wire fence. Major Corliss, who is prominent in the foreground of the picture, was at this time pierced through the shoulder by a Mauser bullet. From p. 333 of Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain, Vol. II, published by Harper and Brothers in 1899. Map - Cuba: San Juan Hill, showing The advances Of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt'S Rough Riders at the Battle Of San Juan Hill, Walmart.	Tommy Trampp
302501705	337k	*USAV El Caney* (LCU-2017)** underway off Hampton Roads, VA., 19 October 2010 Courtesy Shipspotting.com photo by Lorraine Morill	Tommy Trampp
302501704	622k	*USAV El Caney* (LCU-2017)** underway off Hampton Roads, VA., 2 April 2012 Courtesy Shipspotting.com photo by Lorraine Morill	Tommy Trampp
302501702	386k	*USAV El Caney* (LCU-2017)** moored pierside on the Delaware River, 7 July 2012. Courtesy Shipspotting.com photo by Shipjohn	Tommy Trampp
302501703	223k	*USAV El Caney* (LCU-2017)** underway at Balboa, Panama, 17 September 2017 Courtesy Shipspotting.com photo by Russell Judge	Tommy Trampp
302501706	101k	*USAV El Caney* (LCU-2017)** beached at the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA. during landing exercises, 14 March 2018 Facebook, 97th Transportation Company "Beachmaster"	Tommy Trampp
3025200606	118k	*USAV Bristoe Station* (LCU-2006) moored inboard of USAV El Caney (LCU-2017)** at Port Canaveral, FL., circa April 2022. Naval News	Tommy Trampp

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