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Patches contributed by Jerry Patterson ENCS USN Ret.

Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1476

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Delta - Victor
NHDV

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (8 March to 14 May 1965 Assault Craft Div. 11&13, Vietnam) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (12)
Third Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Vietnam Campaign Medal

LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:

Built in 1953 at Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant, W.V.

Launched in 1953

Delivered and placed in service in 1953

Placed out of service and laid up in reserve in Japan, circa 1956

Reactivated and assigned to various Assault Craft Divisions 11,12,13 (Assault Craft Unit 1), date unknown

Redesignated Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1476), 15 April 1952

During the Vietnam War LCU-1476 participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 1 July 1966 to 31 May 1967	Tet/69 Counteroffensive 23 February to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 June to 31 October 1969
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 1 April 1968	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 April to 30 June 1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May to 30 June 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July to 1 November 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969	Consolidation I 1 July to 30 September 1971

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

LCU-1476 earned at least twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Custody transferred to US Army

Place out of service by US Army, date unknown

Final Disposition, scrapped, date and location unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
Length 119' (ovl.)
Beam 34'
Draft 6'
Design Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 14
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons

two twin 20mm AA gun mounts, one port, one starboard,2 .50 cal. machine guns
Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
Propulsion 3 Grey Marine diesels, 3 shafts, Shaft horsepower 675 bhp per shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	209k	Nine LCUs in reserve in Japan, 1956. Four in front row unidentified. Back row from left to right: *LCU-1482, LCU-1476, LCU-1481, LCU-1483, and LCU-1494*,	Tommy Trampp
	100k	View aboard *LCU-1476* in 1964, location unknown.	Jerry Patterson ENCS USN Ret LCU-1624
	152k	*LCU-1476* back loading Third Battalion/Third Marines to *USS Vancouver* (LPD-2) from USS Thomaston (LSD-28)** at Subic Bay, date unknown.	Jerry Patterson ENCS USN Ret LCU-1624
	118k	*LCU-1476* departs *USS Vancouver* (LPD-2) in the harbor at Da Nang South Vietnam, 16 February 1965. LCU-1476 was there to assist off-loading of the LAMM Battalion that was brought from Okinawa by other Amphibious Force ships. She would be retrieved by Vancouver** following completion of her assignment.	Jerry Patterson ENCS USN Ret LCU-1624
	73k	*LCU-1476* Yokosuka Japan 14 June 1966. The stern of *USS De Haven* (DD-727)** is visible in the foreground	©Dick Leonhardt
	29k	*LCU-1476* launches from *USS Monticello* (LSD-35)** during Operation Beacon Hill on the north coast of Cua Viet, South Vietnam, 20 March 1967.	Bob Behm and Tommy Trampp Robert Hurst
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USN 1142236	512k
	76k	*LCU-1476* under way in Vietnamese waters, circa 1967.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.