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LCU-1498
Landing Craft Utility

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Xray - Hotel
 NVXH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation 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
LCT-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Port Houston Iron Works, Houston, TX.
  • Delivered in 1952 and placed in service as LCU-1498
  • LCU-1498 participated in "Operation Dominic 1" - JTF-8 Nuclear Testing in 1962 at Christmas Island as a unit of Amphibious Construction Battalion 13 (ACB-13)
  • During the Vietnam War LCU-1498 was assigned to the Naval Support Activity Danang and at the Cua Viet River Base in Northern I Corps, near the DMZ and participated in the following campaigns:

    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    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

  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, retired, fate unknown
  • LCU-1498 earned at twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
    Length 119' o.a.
    Beam 34'
    Draft 6'
    Design Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two twin 20mm AA gun mounts, one port, one starboard
    two .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-1498 129k A U.S. Navy landing craft vehicle and personnel (LCVP) from the tank landing ship USS Caroline County (LST-525) underway on the Cua Viet River, Vietnam, 15 March 1967. In the background is LCU-1498 and a mechanized landing craft 8 (LCM-8).
    US DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DM-ST-85-09352 by PFC Kenneth L. Fuller.    		 Robert Hurst
    LCU-1498
    09142804    		 122k LCU-1498 moored alongside APL-21, 6 Jun 1971, at Nha Be, Vietnam. Note USS Brule (AKL-28) in the background. ©Richard Leonhardt
    LCU-1498 42k LCU-1498 at the LST ramp, Cua Viet, South Vietnam, circa 1968-1969. Joe Criscione
    LST-525 705k LCU-1498 passing astern of USS Caroline County (LST-525) at the Cua Viet River Base landing, 15 March 1957. Caroline County was delivering a load of trucks.
    Defense Imagery photo # DM-ST-85-09354 CUA VIET, South Vietnam (15 March 1967) a USMC photo by PFC Kenneth L. Fuller now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    LCU-1498 182k LCU-1498 in the well deck of an amphibious ship loading a bulldozer, date and location unknown. George A. Luce
    There is no DANFS history record for LCU-1498 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Brownwater Navy in Vietnam Web Book
    Mobile Riverine Force Association
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