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Final Disposition, wrecked in 2003

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
1018166901	296k	Namesake Marseilles - This French port and capital city of Bouches-du-Rhone department, on the NE shore of the Gulf of Lion, is 98 mi. WSW of Nice. Its settlement by Phocaean Greeks from Asia Minor 600 BC makes it the oldest town in France. It became an independent colonizer, spreading its settlements from Spain to Monaco, and was significant in trade as far as Africa. Rome annexed it in 49 BC after it pitted itself against Caesar in the Roman civil war. Falling into decline in the early Middle Ages, it again emerged as a commercial center during the Crusades and was a main transit port for the Holy Land. The scene of conflict in the French Revolu- tion, it gave its name to the French national anthem, supposedly composed here. The opening of the Suez Canal led to development of the port, which was a military embarkation point during and after World War I. In World War II it was occupied by the Germans from November 1942 until August 1944. The Battle of Marseille that took place August 21–28, 1944 and led to the liberation of Marseille by Free French forces under the command of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. The groundwork was laid by the Allied invasion of southern France in Operation Dragoon on 15 August 1944 by the United States Seventh Army, with major support from the French First Army. Photo - André Diethelm reviews troops in Marseille liberated in August 1944. behind Diethelm, General de Lattre de Tassigny (in pants and uniform shirt, without jacket, looking to the right of the soldiers) and Emmanuel Astier de La Vigerie, on the right of the photo. Between the two preceding ones, behind Diethelm, in a kepi with oak leaves, General de Monsabert. Photograph taken on the wharf of Rive-Neuve on the corner with the Cours Jean-Ballard. 29 August 1944. Map - Map of southern France during Operation Dragoon, 15 to 28 April 1944. World War II Database		Tommy Trampp
1018166902	436k
1018167801	203k	Naha (LCU-1678) and Marseilles (LCU-1669) beached on the island of Dominica wait for the equipment of the 92nd Infantry Brigade, Puerto Rico National Guard to be offloaded during Exercise Camille, 5 March 1987. US Army Photo by SPC Charles W. Gross		Tommy Trampp
1018167802	209k	Naha (LCU-1678) and Marseilles (LCU-1669) beached on the island of Dominica as the equipment of the 92nd Infantry Brigade, Puerto Rico National Guard is offloaded during Exercise Camille, 5 March 1987. US Army Photo by SPC Charles W. Gross		Tommy Trampp

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