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USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - November - Bravo
ADNB
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, 15 May 1992
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030), 15 May 1992
  • 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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    Monterrey
    302503002    		 142k
    Namesake
    Monterrey - The Battle of Monterrey (September 21–24, 1846) during the Mexican–American War, General Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North was defeated by the Army of Occupation, a force of United States Regulars, Volunteers and Texas Rangers under the command of General Zachary Taylor. (Wikiipedia>
    Capture of Monterey [sic]. Depiction of the Battle of Monterrey (September 21-23, 1846) in the Mexican-American War. Hand-colored lithograph; original size of painted area: 42.4×27.2 cm.
    Originally published in George Wilkins Kendall & Carl Nebel: The War between the United States and Mexico Illustrated, Embracing Pictorial Drawings of all the Principal Conflicts, New York: D. Appleton; Philadelphia: George Appleton [Paris: Plon Brothers], 1851.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Monterrey
    302503001    		 50k USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030) aground on Puffin Island in Chiniak Bay, Alaska, 8 June 2012. Monterrey was participating in a mission to provide transportation of heavy construction equipment and supplies from Port Hueneme, CA. Bethel, AK. The Crew of Monterrey successfully beached the vessel on Puffin Island to keep her from sinking.
    US Army photo from gCaptain.com    		 Tommy Trampp
    Mendonca
    0953030324    		 118k USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) sailors observe the mooring of USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030) while the USAV Scholarie (ST-905) maneuvers to stabilize the procedure, near the Port of Anchorage, Alaska , 3 April 2014. The JLOTS exercise coincides with the 50th anniversary of the magnitude 9.2 Good Friday Earthquake that struck Alaska, 27 March 1964. Alaska Shield 14 is designed to test the ability of local, state, and federal response agencies to respond to the same disaster using modern equipment and techniques.
    Photo from Flickr.com by Talens Productions    		 John Spivey
    Monterrey
    302503003    		 292k USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030) outboard of USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032), alongside and unidentied ship, date and location unknown.
    U.S. Army photo from The War Zone, July 12, 2021.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Monterrey
    302503004    		 246k USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030) moored pierside, 13 May 2023, location unknown.
    Photo from Flickr by Mobilus In Mobili    		 John Spivey
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