Specifications:
Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
Length 134' 9"
Beam 29'
Draft 6' 1"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 14
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64k | LCU-1660 alongside a Newport Class LST, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Combat Index web site | |
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39k | LCU-1660 off-loading a tank, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Combat Index web site | |
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317k | LCU-1660 beached while off loading a tank during Exercise Ocean Venture '84, which is a multi-service operational exercise held in April 1984. USAF Photo by Tech Sgt Ken Hammond, USAF |
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94k | LCU-1660 and USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), in port, Rijeka, Croatia, 7 August 2001. | Photo by Frank Egger | |
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983k | USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) with LCU-1660 alongside, and USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) operate off the coast of Haiti while participating in Operation Unified Response, providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the area Jan. 12. US Navy photo # 100122-N-5345W-104 BAIE DE GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 22, 2010) by MC2 Kristopher Wilson. |
Lee Wahler | |
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887k | Marines assigned to Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SC-MAGTF) disembark from LCU-1660, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU-2) during an offload of US Spanish, Portuguese and British Marines and Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB-7). The Marines and Seabees will work with the Senegalese army as part of Africa Partnership Station West, an international initiative developed by US Naval Forces Europe and US Naval Forces Africa to work with US and international partners to improve maritime safety and security on the African continent. US Navy photo # 100406-N-7948C-337 GUEREO, Senegal (April 6, 2010) by MC1 Martine Cuaron |
Robert Hurst | |
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330k | LCU 1660 enters the well deck during a Marine offload aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44). Gunston Hall Sailors and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) Marines are underway conducting routine qualifications. US Navy photo # 131207-N-XJ695-313 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 8, 2013) by MCSN Jesse A. Hyatt) |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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241k | LCU 1660 leaves the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44). US Navy photo # 140209-N-XJ695-057 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 9, 2014) MCSN Jesse A. Hyatt) |
Robert M. Cieri | |
There is no DANFS history available for LCU-1660 at NavSource
Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Navy Fact File - Landing Craft, Mechanized and Utility - LCM/LCU
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