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US Army LCU-1587
Chickamauga

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (3)
Bottom Row - Vietnam Campaign Medal (with 1960- device) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down in 1954, Kewaunee Shipbuilding, Kewaunee WI.
  • Launched in 1954
  • Placed in service in 1954
  • Served in Vietnam with the 329th Transportation Company, 1972
  • Retired in June 1991
  • Final Disposition, unknown
    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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    Chickamauga
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    Namesake
    Chickamauga - The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on 19-20 September 1863, between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater, and involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg.
    Photo - U.S Library of Congress Digital ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g01762 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g01762
    Map - Chickamauga Campaign August-September 1863 (Wikipedia) Hij     		Tommy Trampp
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    Last Updated 11 November 2022