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USAV Fort Reno (LCU-1592)


Fort Reno (LCU-1592) was sold to Colombia, renamed ARC Bahia Portete (LD-249)
LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down in 1954, Kewaunee Shipbuilding, Kewaunee WI.
  • Launched in 1954
  • Placed in service in 1954
  • Retired in April 1990
  • Acquired, 18 September 1991 by Colombia renamed ARC Bahia Portete (LD-249)
  • Final Disposition, active as of April 2009
    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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    USAV Fort Reno (LCU-1592)
    LCT-1592
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    Namesake
    Fort Reno- A wooden fort established, 15 August 1865, by the United States Army in Dakota Territory in present-day Johnson County, Wyoming. The fort was built to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail from Native American tribes. (Wikipedia)
    Photo - Fort Reno as completed in 1866 - CAPT. J.L. Procter sketch, Wyoming State Archives, Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, Subject Negative 5378
    Map - Route of the Bozeman Trail (1863-1868), by Nikater, 10 August 2007    		 Tommy Trampp
    ARC Bahia Portete (LD-249)
    LCT-1592 929k Ex-Fort Reno (LCU-1592) in Colombian naval service as ARC Bahia Portete (LD-249) at anchor at Cartagena, Colombia, 14 October 2009. Luis Bernardo Castro Villega
    LCT-1592 114k ARC Bahia Portete (LD-249) at anchor at Cartagena, Colombia, 31 March 2017
    Shipspotting,com, photo by CAPT. Ted    		 Tommy Trampp
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