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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1647


LCU-1646 Class Landing Craft Utility:
  • Built in 1970 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.
  • Delivered in 1970
  • Current Disposition In service at the Naval Research Center Solomons, MD.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    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.

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    LCU-1647 690k LCU-1647 over the sunken hull of S-49 (SS-160) while conducting diving operations in the Patuxent River off Point Patience, 14 November 2007. Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr
    LCU-1647 96k Cropped photo of LCU-1647 over the sunken hull of S-49 (SS-160) while conducting diving operations in the Patuxent River off Point Patience, 14 November 2007. Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr

    There is no DANFS history for LCU-1647 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association

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    Last Updated 4 January 2008