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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1648

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National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility:
  • Built between 1970 and 1971 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Status, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 14
    Armament
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    two M60 machine guns
    one M203 grenade launcher
    twelve M16 rifles
    two 9mm pistols
    Load 170 tons
    Military Lift three M1A1 tanks, 10 LAVs or 400+ troops, 125 tons of cargo.
    Radar Navigation: LN 66 or SPS-53; I band.
    Propulsion
    two Detroit 12V-71 Diesel engines
    twin shafts, 680shp sustained, Kort nozzles
    Fuel Capacity 3220 gals.
    Range 1,200nm at eight knots.
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    LCU-1648 148k LCU-1648 underway in San Diego Bay, with several tanks onboard in early 1979. Richard Stiles
    LCU-1648 57k LCU-1648 beached, date and location unknown.  
    LCU-1648 51k LCU-1648 with her ramp down on the stern gate of USS Ogden (LPD-5) date and location unknown. Michael S. Baldwin
    LCU-1648 65k LCU-1648 moored pierside, San Diego, CA., date unknown. Michael S. Baldwin
    LCU-1648 89k LCU-1648 and LCU- 1632 are unloaded by U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), in Kuwait, 12 February 2003. The Marines are embarked on the San Diego-based amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1). The ships of the Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group arrived in the North Arabian Gulf in mid-February as part of a six-month deployment.
    US Navy photo # 030212-N-1131G-016 by PH3 Taylor Goode.    		 Navy Newsstand
    Comstock 511k LCU-1648 assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU-1), passes dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) at anchor. Comstock is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
    US Navy photo # 110601-N-RC734-497 ARABIAN GULF (June 1, 2011) by MC2 Joseph M. Buliavac.    		 Lee Wahler
    There is no DANFS history for LCU-1648 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Landing Craft, Mechanized and Utility - LCM/LCU
    Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1)
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    Last Updated 19 August 2011