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Final Disposition, unknown

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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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Antietam (LCU-1509)
1018150901	141k	Namesake Antietam - On 16 September 1862, MG George B. McClellan confronted Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. At dawn September 17, Hooker’s corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the single bloodiest day in American military history. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller’s cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. Late in the day, Burnside’s corps finally got into action, crossing the stone bridge over Antietam Creek and rolling up the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, A.P. Hill’s division arrived from Harpers Ferry and counterattacked, driving back Burnside and saving the day. Although outnumbered two to one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout the 18th, while removing his wounded south of the river. McClellan did not renew the assaults. After dark, Lee ordered the battered Army of Northern Virginia to withdraw across the Potomac into the Shenandoah Valley. Photo - Battle of Antietam - ©1888 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A., - United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g01768. Map - Maryland Campaign, actions September 3 to 15, 1862. ©Hal Jespersen		Tommy Trampp
1018150902	173k
1018152828	79k	LCU-1528 and LCU-1509 beached at Palmi-do, South Korea, 1970. South Korea World Press 1970		Tommy Trampp
1018152829	79k

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