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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1653

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National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1646 Class Landing Craft Utility:
  • Built between 1970 and 1971, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Status, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11kts
    Complement 14 Enlisted
    Load 170 tons
    Military Lift 3 M1A1 tanks, 10 LAVs or 400+ troops; 125 tons of cargo.
    Armament four .50 cal machine guns
    Electronics Furuno Radar Navigation; C4I up-grade under development
    Propulsion 2- Detroit 12V-71 Diesel engines, twin shaft, 680 hp sustained, Kort nozzles
    Fuel capacity 3220 gals
    Range 1,200nm at eight knots.
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    LCU-1654 168k LCU-1653 on the beach in Porto Scudo, Sardinia.in April 1992, while embarked with USS Shreveport (LPD-12) and participating in NATO exercise "Operation Dragon Hammer 92". Phillip Toth BMC(SW) Ret. Craftmaster LCU-1653 May 1991 to August 1994
    LCU-1654 57k LCU-1653 beaching, date and location unknown. US Navy photo .
    LCU-1654 43k LCU-1653 beached while off-loading at truck, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. .
    LCU-1654 45k LCU-1653 beached while off-loading troops and vehicles, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. .
    LCU-1654 46k LCU-1653 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. .
    LCU-1654 69k LCU-1653 moored at a ramp, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. .
    LCU-1654 96k LCU-1653 moored at a ramp while off-loading troops, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. .
    LCU-1654 77k LCU-1653 underway with trucks and other equipment, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. .
    There is no DANFS history available for LCU-1653 at NavSource
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