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Current Disposition, in service at Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay, ME.

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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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Spotsylvania (LCU-1590)
1018159004	165k	NamesakeSpotsylvania - The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, also called the Battle of Spotsylvania was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged from Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army and moved to the southeast, attempting to lure Lee into battle under more favorable conditions. Elements of Lee's army beat the Union army to the critical crossroads of the Spotsylvania Court House in Spotsylvania County, VA., and began entrenching. Fighting occurred on and off from May 8 through May 21, 1864, as Grant tried various schemes to break the Confederate line. In the end, the battle was tactically inconclusive, but both sides declared victory. The Confederacy declared victory because they were able to hold their defenses. The United States declared victory because the Federal offensive continued and Lee's army suffered losses that could not be replaced. With almost 32,000 casualties on both sides, Spotsylvania was the costliest battle of the campaign. (Wikipedia) Photo - "Battle of Spotsylvania" - created in 1887 by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), U.S. Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division, digital ID pga.04038 Map - Battle of Spotsylvania Movements May 7-8, 1864 - Hal Jespersen		Tommy Trampp
	88k	USAV Spotsylvania (LCU-1590 beached at Fort Storey, VA., December 1971.		Michael Schueler
	85k	USAV Spotsylvania (LCU-1590) and USAV Rhineland (LCT-1560) moored pierside, Fort Eustis, VA., circa 1972.		Michael Schueler
Commercial Service
1018159003	232k	Ex- USAV Spotsylvania (LCU-1590) in commercial service as Capt. Kate for Washburn & Doughty Shipyard in East Boothbay, ME., 19 March 2020		Photo by Adam Iversen

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