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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1665


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LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility
  • Built in 1971, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Assigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1), NAB Coronado, CA.
  • 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-1665 27k LCU-1665 moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo
    Combat Index web site
    LCU-1665
    1018166510
    180k LCU-1665 departs the well-deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Duluth (LPD-6) during exercise, circa April 1982.
    US Navy photo.
    Tommy Trampp
    LCU-1665 42k LCU-1665 entering the well deck of an LSD or LPD with troops and vehicles aboard, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo
    Combat Index web site
    LCU-1665 51k
    LCU-1665 85k U.S. Marines assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1st MEF) disembark from LCU-1665 along Red Beach at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA., during Dawn Blitz 10 on 3 June 2010. Dawn Blitz is a series of amphibious operations involving Sailors and Marines to reinvigorate the core competency of amphibious operations and enhance interaction between the Navy and the Marine Corps.
    US Marine Corps photo # 100603-M-5053B-080 by Lance Cpl. Jamean R. Berry.
    Robert Hurst
    Cleveland 327k U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Jarvis (WHEC-725), front, USS Cleveland (LPD-7) and LCU-1665 head toward the Kingdom of Tonga to begin the first phase of Pacific Partnership, 13 April 2011. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that will make port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
    US Air Force photo # 110413-F-HS649-046 by Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley.
    Robert Hurst
    LCU-1665 206k Photo taken from aboard USS Cleveland (LPD-7) showing from (Left to Right) the Landing Craft Heavy HMAS Balikpapan (L126), Landing Craft Heavy HMAS Betano (L133), and LCU-1665 transiting out of the Segond Channel during Pacific Partnership 2011, 2 May 2011. Pacific Partnership 2011 is a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that will make port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia.
    US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley.
    Robert Hurst
    LCU-1665 269k The Royal New Zealand Navy multi-role vessel HMNZS Canterbury (L421), leads a French military Puma helicopter, LCU-1665, and the Royal Australian Navy landing craft heavy HMAS Balikpapan (L126) and HMAS Betano (L133)during a transit of Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, 9 May 2011. The ships and helicopter are participating in Pacific Partnership 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that will visit Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
    US Navy photo # 110509-O-ZZ999-003 ESPIRITU SANTO, Vanuatu (May 9, 2011) by Kristopher Radder.
    Robert Hurst
    LCU-1665 193k LCU-1665 inside the covered well deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD-7). Image was taken at Lae, Papua New Guinea, 26 May 2011, during Pacific Partnership 2011 (PP11) is an annual Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) program sponsored by the Commander US Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT). The deployment aims to strengthen alliances and promote multilateral security cooperation. Photo Kristopher Radder. Robert Hurst
    LCU-1665 95k LCU-1665 moored pierside, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    LCU-1665
    1018166509
    104k LCU-1665 underway in San Diego Bay, 17 July 2020. ©George Schneider

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