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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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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
Catawba Ford (LCU-1671)
1018167101	67k	Namesake Catawba Ford - The battle at Fishing Creek, North Carolina, which took place on August 18, 1780. LTC Tarleton's British Legion was dispatched to intercept 28 General Sumter's Partisans following the British victory at Camden just two days earlier. On August 17, Tarleton started up the east side of the Wateree River with a force of 350 men and one cannon. Tarleton observed the Partisan camp that evening and stalked them until the next morning. Taking 100 dragoons and 60 infantry to make a surprise attack, Tarleton deployed his men and charged the unprepared Partisans. Sumter leaped on an unsaddled horse and fled, but the shocked Americans remained as easy prey. The British suffered 16 killed or wounded in the assault, liberated 100 British prisoners, and killed 150 Americans. Reports of the coup made Tarleton an instant national hero. Photo - Tarleton's British Legion Cavalry attacking Sumter's men at Catawba Ford along the Catawba River in Chester County, SC. Friday, August 18, 1780. By: C.W. Roden Southern Fried Common Sense and Stuff		Tommy Trampp

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