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USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Mike - Papa
ADMP
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, 21 May 1991
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018), 21 May 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
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    Five Fprks
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    Namesake
    Five Forks - The Battle of Five Forks, which took place from March 30th through April 1, 1865. The Appomattox Campaign, the final major campaign of the Civil War, focused on increased military activity near the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. After the movement-hindering rains stopped on March 31, Union troops under General Sheridan assaulted enemy positions around Dinwiddie Courthouse so as to require extended deployment by Confederate troops. The outnumbered Confederate forces held out briefly, but they were forced to move back to Five Forks by nightfall. Eventually, the South retreated their defenses from Petersburg. General Lee then abandoned Richmond and the Confederate capital was in the hands of the North. The surrender at Appomattox Court House followed shortly thereafter.
    Photo - Battle of Five Forks, chromolithograph print by Kurz & Allison, showing a charge led by Union general Philip Sheridan.
    Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
    Map - Siege of Petersburg, actions 29-31 March 1865. ©Hal Jespersen    		 Tommy Trampp
    Five Forks
    3025201804    		 239k
    Five Forks
    3025201808    		 138k U.S. Navy and Coast Guard sailors in harbor security, force protection boats assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 5 provide port security for USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018) as she transfers equipment from the Royal Navy fleet auxiliary ship RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009), 4 September 2009, in the Persian Gulf supporting U.S. Third Army missions.
    U.S. Army photo # 090904-A-9041K-003 by Pvt. Howard Ketter.    		 Robert Hurst
    Five Forks
    3025201807    		 170k Soldiers aboard the USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018) heave over lines and moor to a floating pier at the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq, 11 May 2011, to support a joint effort between Iraqi divers and U.S. divers. The divers are raising a sunken pier as part of the partnership, strength, and presence initiative.
    U.S. Navy photo # 110511-N-WL435-111 QMM QASR, Iraq (May 11, 2011) by MC1 Peter D. Lawlor    		 Tommy Trampp
    Five Forks
    3025201806    		 112k Navy Divers assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, work from the USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018) at the port of Umm Qasr during a joint effort between Iraqi divers and U.S. divers, 16 May 2011. The divers are raising a sunken pier as part of the partnership, strength, and presence initiative.
    U.S. Navy photo # 110516-N-WL435-182 QMM QASR, Iraq (May 16, 2011) by MC1 Peter D. Lawlor    		 Tommy Trampp
    Five Forks
    3025201801    		 107k USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018) coming into Kuwait Naval Base, 23 October 2012.
    ©Flickr    		  
    Five Forks
    3025201805    		 128k The crew of USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018) help Spc. Robert Agwayo, a tank driver with the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, guide an M1A2 Abrams main battle tank up the ramp and onto the deck of the vessel at Kuwait Naval Base, 23 October 2012.
    US Army photo # 121023-A-JW984-691 by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi, 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)     		Tommy Trampp
    Five Forks
    3025201802    		 69k USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018) with a tanks on deck, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
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