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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1645

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

LCU-1627 Class Landing Craft Tank (Modified Version of LCT Mark 5)

Laid down in 1969 at Marinette Marine, Marinette, WI.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered, date unknown

Placed in service, date unknown

Current 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

one single 20mm AA gun mount

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	112k	*LCU-1645* off loading vehicles, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
	77k	*LCU-1645* beaching, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
	56k	*LCU-1645* entering well deck of *USS Saipan* (LHA-2)**, date and location unknown. US navy photo.	.
	180k	*LCU-1645* and *LCU-1659* under way during amphibious exercises in 1980, location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	123k	*LCU-1645* and *LCU-1654* at Wilmington, N.C., 16 April 1988. *LCU-1645* is beached at Battleship Park, home of the ex-*USS North Carolina* (BB-55). The Cape Fear River and the City of Wilmington are in the background where LCU-1654** is tied up.	Joe Davis
	998k	*LCU-1645* approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship *USS Saipan* (LHA-2)*, while carrying families and friends of Sailor’s aboard Saipan. The crew of Saipan sponsored a family day cruise so the families and friends could experience a typical day aboard a ship at sea. US Navy photo # 040716-N-2651J-001 Virginia Coast (July 16, 2004)* by PHAN Gary L. Johnson III.	Navy Newsstand
1018164509	252k	*LCU-1645* transports eleven humvees from 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) aboard the amphibious transport dock ship *USS Shreveport* (LPD-12)*, 24 October 2006. The Sailors and embarked Marines are conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), designed to prepare the crew for their upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo # 061024-N-4236E-005* by MCSR Chad R. Erdmann.	Robert Hurst
1018164510	261k	*LCU-1645* transports more than 175 Marines from 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) aboard the amphibious docking ship *USS Shreveport* (LPD-12)**, 25 October 2006 . The Sailors and embarked Marines are conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an exercise designed to prepare the crew for their upcoming deployment. by MCSR Chad R. Erdmann.	Robert Hurst
	289k	Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) disembark from *LCU-1645* to provide personnel and supplies to assist with humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12. Note the shark mouth painted on the starboard wall of the tank deck. US Navy photo # 100203-N-8936G-077 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 3, 2010) by MC2 Patrick Gordon.	Tracy White
	189k	*LCU-1645* delivering humanitarian supplies ashore in Colombia, 15 December 2010. US Navy photo.	Tommy Trampp