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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1633

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

LCU-1610 Landing Craft Utility:

Built in 1968 at General Ship, East Boston, MA.

Delivered in 1968

Assigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1), NAB Coronado, CA.

Current Disposition, active in service

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 (Kort nozzles)
Fuel Capacity 3220 gals.
Range 1,200nm at eight knots

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	147k	*LCU-1633* underway, alongside an unidentified amphibious ship, date and place unknown.	Global Security web site
	83k	*LCU-1633* and *LCU-1619* 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.
	87k	*LCU-1633* and *LCU-1619* 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.
	79k	*LCU-1633* embarks an MIUW Team at Wilson's Cove, San Clemente Island, CA. *LCU-1619* is in the distant background.	Photo by Lee Noland STGC(SW) Ret.
	77k	*LCU-1633* embarks an MIUW Team at Wilson's Cove, San Clemente Island, CA.	Photo by Lee Noland STGC(SW) Ret.
	970k	*LCU-1633* heads to the beach with embarked US Marines from 3rd Marine Regiment during amphibious assault training in support of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This year's exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. US Navy photo # 040720-N-6811L-194 Pacific Ocean (July 20, 2004) by PH1 David A. Levy.	Robert Hurst
	119k	*LCU-1633, back left, taking part in the evaluation of The Improved Navy Lighterage System off Coronado CA., conducted from late March to mid-May, 2006, with USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez* (T-AK-3010). Lopez's ramp extends onto the nine-module roll-on/roll-off discharge facility, which serves as a staging area for off-loading cargo. Attached to the back right of the discharge facility is the motorized causeway ferry, which detaches in order for equipment to be ferried to shore. At the back left of the discharge facility is LCU-1633**, which can be used in conjunction with the INLS. Warping tugs, used to assemble the components of the INLS, flank the discharge facility. Photo by Michael Alston.	Navy Newsstand
1018163306	164k	*LCU-1633* departs the amphibious dock landing ship *USS Ashland* (LSD-48) to conduct Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) efforts in Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sailors and Marines from Ashland, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit** team, are preparing to provide Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. U.S. Navy photo # 181103-N-XK398-1147 by MC2 Joshua Mortensen.	John Spivey