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Landing Craft Tank LCT-1476
Landing Craft Utility LCU-1476

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
LCT-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, N.Y.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered (date unknown)
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1476), 15 April 1952
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Custody transferred to US Army
  • Place out of service by US Army, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate 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
    Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 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
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    LCU-1476 73k LCU-1476 Yokosuka Japan 14 Jun 1966. The stern of De Haven (DD-727) is visible in the foreground ©Dick Leonhardt
    Monticello 29k LCU-1476 and Monticello (LSD-35) during amphibious operations, circa 1967, place unknown. Bob Behm
    There is no DANFS history record for LCU-1476 available at NavSource
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    Last Updated 14 October 2005