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Attu (LCU-1508)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Presidential Unit Citation
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down, March 1954, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched in 1954
  • Accepted by the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1954
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corps in 1954
  • Placed in service in 1954
  • Served in Vietnam, dates unknown
  • Retired in October 1992
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
    Length 119' (ovl.)
    Beam 34'
    Draft 6'
    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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    Namesake
    Attu - The Battle of Attu Island was fought 11-29 May 1943. Admiral Kinkaid’s amphibious task force under Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell put the U.S. Seventh Infantry Division ashore in heavy fog. For 18 days the Americans battled the Japanese garrison out of the usual prairie dog complex of bunkers and underground shelters. Only 29 of the 2,500-man garrison were captured; the rest died fighting or killed themselves. U.S. losses were 561 killed and 1,136 wounded of the 12,000 men engaged, a costly price for the taking of an island written off by the Japanese High Command.
    Photo - Soldiers unload landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, 13 May 1943. LCVPs in the foreground are from USS Zeilin (APA-3) and USS Heywood (APA-6).
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 80-G-50921
    Map - Map showing the recapture of Attu in 1943    		 Tommy Trampp
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    Last Updated 3 June 2022