Specifications:
Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
Length 134' 9"
Beam 29'
Draft 6' 1"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 12 to 14 Enlisted
Armament two .50 cal machine guns
Propulsion four Detroit Diesel engines 1,000 bhp, (250 bhp each engine), two shafts
Fuel Capacity 3220 gals
Range 1,200 nm at eight knots
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148k | The history regarding these photos. One of LCU-1619's exercises late in the summer or early fall of 1964, was to ferry three tanks to San Clemente Island CA., and off-load them. Unfortunately, with a rising tide and a broken anchor winch, used to pull herself off the beach, the landing craft broached, with the crashing surf lifting and pounding the hull on a large rock. Eventually, a Sailor from a seagoing tug swam ashore with a small line, pulling a large hawser, and at high tide the tug pulled the landing craft off the beach. LCU-1619 limped back to USS Carter Hall (LSD-3) where she was drydocked in the LSDs well-deck. Once on board the landing craft was inspected to ascertain the amount of damage caused by broaching and pounding on the landing crafts hull and propellers. | Photos by Allen R. Hartley, RM2, USNR LCU-1619 | |
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153k | LCU-1619 and an unidentified YFU at the ramp at Sa Huynh, South Vietnam in the southern section of I-Corps. | Photo by Tom Lanagan YFU-79 | |
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70k | LCU-1619 at the ramp at Dong Ha just south of the DMZ in South Vietnam, November 1969. Note the construction crane sitting in the river. It was being loaded onto a boat when the brakes failed on the crane and she rolled straight into the river. | Photo by Tom Lanagan YFU-79 | |
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83k | LCU-1619 and LCU-1633 at the ramp at Wilson's Cove, San Clemente Island, CA. circa late 1970s, while embarking an MIUW Team. | Photo by Lee Noland STGC(SW) Ret. | |
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87k | LCU-1619 and LCU-1633 at the ramp at Wilson's Cove, San Clemente Island, CA. circa late 1970s, while embarking an MIUW Team. | Photo by Lee Noland STGC(SW) Ret. | |
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79k | LCU-1619 is in the distant background as LCU-1633 embarks an MIUW Team at Wilson's Cove, San Clemente Island, CA. circa late 1970s. | Photo by Lee Noland STGC(SW) Ret. | |
Naval Support Activities DaNang, South Vietnam newspaper "The White Elephant News", May 23, 1969
LCU-1619 article - Contributed by Tom Lanagan YFU-79
There is no DANFS history for LCU-1619 available at Navsource
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