Specifications
Displacement 200 t.(lt) 375 t.(fl)
Length 134' 9"
Beam 29'
Draft 6' 1"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 14 Enlisted
Armament two 12.7 machine guns
Electronics Radar Navigation: LN 66 or SPS-53; I band
Propulsion two Detroit 12V-71 diesel engines, twin shafts, 680 hp sustained, two Kort nozzles
Fuel capacity 3220 gals
Range 1,200nm at eight knots
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45k | LCU-1666 landing vehicles at a ramp, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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130k | LCU-1666 beached, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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48k | LCU-1666 beached while landing vehicles, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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39k | LCU-1666 entering/departing the well deck of an unidentified LHA, (possibly Tarawa (LHA-1)), date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
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89k | LCU-1666 underway at White Beach, Okinawa in April 1979. She has just departed the well deck of Tarawa (LHA-1) moored at the pier in the background./font> | Ken Moss EN3 CTF-67 Staff | |
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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Navy Fact File - Landing Craft, Mechanized and Utility - LCM/LCU
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