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USAV Hormigueros (LCU-2024)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Mike - Victor
ADMV
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, 3 December 1991
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Hormigueros (LCU-2024), 3 December 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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    Hormigueros
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    Namesake
    Hormigueros - The Battle of Hormigueros, 10 August 1898 - On the road from San Germán to Hormigueros, just southeast of Mayagüez, US forces were engaged by Puerto Rican Guerrillas and then by regular Spanish forces on the hill to the northeast overlooking a bridge that crossed the Guanajibo River. (IN DEFENSE OF THE HOMELAND. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IN PUERTO RICO WITH BLACK POWDER - https://www.1898miniaturas.com/) JORGE RODRIGUEZ JR., M.A.E.E.)
    Photo - Spanish troops leaving Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, to engage the American forces at Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, 10 August 1898. (US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier: 533437 - Pinterest.com)
    Map - Operations in Puerto Rico July-August 1898 - Latin-American Studies web page (Antonio-Rafael-de-la-Coval, https://www.1898miniaturas.com/)     		John Spivey
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