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USAV Hobkirk (LCU-2023)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Mike - Uniform
ADMU
Runnymede Class Landing Craft Utility:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Trinity-Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS,
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, 28 October 1991
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Hobkirk (LCU-2023), 28 October 1991
  • Status, deactivated, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 575 t.
    Length 174'
    Beam 42'
    Draft 9' light
    Speed
    Light, 12kts per hr
    Loaded, 10 kts per hr
    Range 4,500 nm
    Complement
    Two Warrant Officers
    Eleven Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 350 short tons
    Largest Boom Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Fuel Consumption 26 gal. per hour
    Propulsion
    two bow thrusters
    two turbo charged Cummins V16 KTA50-M 1250hp diesel engines
    two propeller shafts, 2,500 bhp
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    Hobkirk
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    Namesake
    Hobkirk - The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill during the American Revolution. The hill was a strategic location near Charleston, South Carolina. On his way to attack the British forces at Camden American general Nathanael Greene bivouacked his troops at Hobkirk. The British General Lord Rawdon discovered the Americans and attacked them by surprise. The British were victorious it seemed until they mysteriously retreated to a less strategic position near Charlestown.
    On April 25th, British Colonel Francis Rawdon marched out of Camden, just as Greene had hoped and began to march up the ridge. Rawdon's men marched up the ridge in a narrow formation, allowing Greene to attack from the front and both sides and gain an early advantage that inflicted heavy casualties on the British. Soon after the fight began, however, several of the key American leaders were shot, causing their units to break apart and flee. Rawdon took this advantage and charged up the hill, causing Greene to withdraw in full retreat, even though he had a much larger force. The Americans lost 270 killed, captured, wounded or missing, while the British lost 261.
    Photo - Revolutionary War and Beyond - Painting by Pamela Patrick White of the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
    Map - The American Revolution in South Carolina - Sketch of the Battle of Hobkirk's hill by CAPT. Charles Vallancey of the Volunteers of Ireland     		Tommy Trampp
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    302502303    		 290k USAV Hobkirk (LCU-2023), 7th Sustainment Brigade (Expeditionary), travels along the James River loaded with Joint Task Force Civil Support vehicles during a Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise 14 August 2014. JLOTS is the process of loading and unloading equipment and vehicles on vessels without the benefit of a fixed port facility. JTF-CS anticipates, plans and prepares for CBRN defense support to civil authorities response operations.
    US Navy photo # 140814-N-VJ282-995 NEWPORT NEWS August 14 2014, by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick.     		Tommy Trampp
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    302502304    		 239k U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Love, boatswain, USAV Hobkirk (LCU 2023), 7th Sustainment Brigade (Expeditionary), guides a Joint Task Force Civil Support vehicle from the landing craft during a Joint Logistics Over the Shore exercise, 14 August 2014. JLOTS is the process of loading and unloading equipment and vehicles on vessels without the benefit of a fixed port facility. JTF-CS anticipates, plans and prepares for CBRN defense support to civil authorities response operations
    US Navy photo, by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick.     		Tommy Trampp
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    302502305    		 153k U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Arian Fernandez, vessel master, USAV Hobkirk (LCU-2023), 7th Sustainment Brigade (Expeditionary), controls the helm of the landing craft during a Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) exercise with Joint Task Force Civil Support, 14 August 2014. JLOTS is the process of loading and unloading equipment and vehicles on vessels without the benefit of a fixed port facility. JTF-CS anticipates, plans and prepares for CBRN defense support to civil authorities response operations.
    US Navy photo, by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Dietrick.     		Tommy Trampp
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    302502302    		 225k U.S. Army Soldiers with 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Regiment prepare for the docking of USAV Hobkirk (LCU-2023) on a trident pier during exercise Resolute Sun at Fort Story, VA., 18 June 2019. U.S. Marines participated in the exercise to increase combat operational readiness in amphibious and prepositioning operations while conducting joint training with the U.S. Army during a joint logistics over the shore scenario.
    U.S. Marine Corps photo # 190618-M-QP496-1283 by Lance Cpl. Scott Jenkins.     		Tommy Trampp
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    302502306    		 80k Deactivated USAV Hobkirk (LCU-2023) and USAV Bristoe Station (LCU-2006) under tow by a an unidentified US Army large tug, date and location unknown..
    U.S. Army photo from The War Zone, July 12, 2021.    		 Tommy Trampp
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