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USAV New Orleans (LCU-2031)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - November - Charlie
ADNC
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, 1 June 1992
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV New Orleans (LCU-2031), 1 June 1992
  • Status, Active
    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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    New Orleans
    302503102    		 252k
    Namesake
    New Orleans - The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles southeast of New Orleans, close to Chalmette, Louisiana. The battle took place 18 days after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which formally ended the War of 1812 on December 24 1814, as news of the agreement had not yet reached the United States from Europe. Despite a large British advantage in numbers, training, and experience, the American forces defeated a poorly executed assault in slightly more than 30 minutes. The Americans suffered roughly 330 casualties, while the British suffered roughly 2,000.
    General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his makeshift defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders. (The Highlanders are incorrectly depicted wearing kilts and feather bonnets as the 93rd Highlanders for this campaign had been ordered to wear tartan trousers and plain bonnets - in fact the uniforms shown are more Victorian in style than Georgian. See, "Historical Records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders", Roderick Hamilton Burgoyne, London, 1883. (Library of Congress Reproduction of painting by E. Percy Moran. LC-USZC2-3796 (color film copy slide)    		 Tommy Trampp
    New Orleans
    302503101    		 325k USAV New Orleans (LCU-2031) transporting vehicles from USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) to the shore during an agricultural wash down, 1 March 2010, at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Carter Hall recently completed operations in Haiti in support of Operation Unified Response.
    US Navy photo # 100301-N-2000D-010 GUANTANAMO BAY Cuba (March 1, 2010), MC1 Hendrick Dickson    		 Tommy Trampp
    New Orleans
    302503103    		 169k USAV New Orleans (LCU-2031) crewed by the 824th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat), 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), travels off the coast of Key West in a joint training mission with Navy Underwater Construction Team-1, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va., 8 February 2014. The 824th TC transported a team of Navy Divers to sea to provide the divers a platform to conduct annual underwater diver qualification training.
    U.S. Army photo # 140207-A-WD001-065 by Staff Sgt. Rauel Tirado.    		 Tommy Trampp
    New Orleans
    302503104
    140207-A-WD001-325    		 144k USAV New Orleans (LCU-2031) anchored off the coast of Key West provided a diving platform for Navy Divers of the Underwater Construction Team-1, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command, from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, VA., 8 February 2014. In a joint training mission, the New Orleans, crewed by the 824th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat), 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), transported the team of divers to sea and provided them a platform to conduct annual underwater diver qualification training.
    U.S. Army photos # 140207-A-WD001-325 and 140207-A-WD001-583 by Staff Sgt. Rauel Tirado.    		 Robert Hurst
    New Orleans
    302503105
    140207-A-WD001-583    		 77k
    New Orleans
    302503106    		 34k USAV New Orleans (LCU-2031) anchored off Miami, FL. as part of a Memorial Day celebration, date unknown.
    www.flickriver.com by Graham Bond    		 John Spivey
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