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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1651

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Navy Battle Efficiency Ribbon - 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

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 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

Size	Image Description	Source
1042k	Sailors arrive in East Timor via Landing Craft Utility *LCU-1651, assigned to Assault Craft Unit One* (ACU-1), from the amphibious transport dock *USS Juneau* (LPD-10), 22 February 2002. The Sailors will be conducting several humanitarian and civic assistance projects in and around Dili. Juneau*’s medical staff will provide basic medical and dental assistance, while the crew takes part in various projects including general repair and improvements at a local school, the Dili District Office, and a local community center US Navy photo # 020222-N-2761W-002 Dili, East Timor (Feb. 22, 2002)* by Ensign Josh Wallick.	Robert M. Cieri
526k	*LCU-1651* transits 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to amphibious landing dock *USS Juneau* (LPD-10)** during the recovery of the (LCU) operations during Talisman Saber 2007. US Navy photo # 070620-N-848G-113 USS Juneau, At Sea (June 20, 2007) by MC2 Michael Gomez.
287k	*LCU-1651* prepares to conduct a stern gate marriage with *HMAS Tobruk* (LST-50)** to unload equipment and supplies for Talisman Saber 2007. US Navy photo # 070622-N-1424-003 CORAL SEA, Australia (June 22, 2007) by MC2 Adam R. Cole.
83k	*LCU-1651* beached, date and location unknown US Navy photo.
79k	*LCU-1651* moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
95k	*LCU-1651* moored pierside, date and location unknown.
237k	*LCU-1651* arrives just offshore to unload supplies and equipment in support of exercise Balikatan 2004. Close to 300 Marines and Sailors arrived at Fort Ternante, Philippines, 23 February 2004, in order to participate in exercise Balikatan 2004 at Subic Bay, Philippines. Balikatan 2004 is a regularly scheduled exercise that will improve interoperability, increase readiness and continue professional relationships between the US Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Philippines US Marine Corps photo # 040223-M-4806Y-043 by CPL. Daniel Yarnall	Robert Hurst
95k	*LCU-1651* disembarks from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship *USS Denver* (LPD-9), date unknown. Denver** is on patrol with the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU-31), is conducting routine joint-force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.	Tommy Trampp
130k	Marines with the *31st Marine Expeditionary Unit* step off *LCU-1651* at Koh Phangan, Thailand in 2013. US Marine Corps Photo # 130213-M-FF989-001 KOH PHANGAN, THAILAND (13 February 2013).	Tommy Trampp