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USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - November - Delta
ADND
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, 9 June 1992
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, Commissioned USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032), 9 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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    302503202    		 96k
    Namesake
    Palo Alto - The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican–American War and was fought on May 8, 1846, on disputed ground five miles from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas. A force of some 3,700 Mexican troops – most of the Army of The North – led by General Mariano Arista engaged a force of approximately 2,300 United States troops – the Army of Occupation led by General Zachary Taylor. The battle took place three days before the formal declaration of war on Mexico by the United States. Arista ordered two cavalry charges, first against the American right flank and later against the left. Both were unsuccessful. The American victory is widely attributed to superior artillery, while the U.S. "light" artillery was much more mobile and accurate than that of the Mexican forces.(Wikipedia)
    Lithograph - Battle of Palo Alto during the Mexican-American War, "The War Between the United States and Mexico, Illustrated" published 1851. Litograph by Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot (1810-1866) of a painting by Carl Nebel (1805-1855) (Wikipedia)
    Map - "Battle of Palo Alto" US Army, Emerging Civil War website    		  
    Palo Altos
    302503204    		 89k USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032) conducts an equipment and supply drop in support of Mertarvik Innovative Readiness Training in Kodiak, Alaska, 12 June 2013. The crew of U.S. Army mariners, in partnership with Marines and local Alaskan authorities, are supporting the inter-agency task force by transporting personnel, equipment and supplies between various locations in order to help construct essential infrastructure to facilitate the Newtok’s relocation efforts. The Newtok, a Yupik Eskimo village of about 400 people on the Ninglick River in western Alaska, is threatened by erosion, and melting and sinking permafrost.
    U.S. Army photo # 130612-A-JF389-076 KODIAK (12 June 2016) by Sgt. Scott Akanewich    		 Tommy Trampp
    Palo Altos
    302503201    		 234k USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032) approaches during an equipment and supply drop in support of Mertarvik Innovative Readiness Training in Kodiak, Alaska, 12 June 2013. The crew of U.S. Army mariners, in partnership with Marines and local Alaskan authorities, are supporting the inter-agency task force by transporting personnel, equipment and supplies between various locations in order to help construct essential infrastructure to facilitate the Newtok’s relocation efforts. The Newtok, a Yupik Eskimo village of about 400 people on the Ninglick River in western Alaska, is threatened by erosion, and melting and sinking permafrost.
    US Army photo # 130612-A-JF389-019 KODIAK (12 June 2016) by Sgt. Scott Akanewich    		 Tommy Trampp
    Palo Altos
    302503203    		 91k U.S. Soldiers off-load a truck from USAV Palo Alto’s (LCU-2032) deck using a heavy crane during an equipment and supply drop in support of Mertarvik Innovative Readiness Training in Kodiak, Alaska, 12 June 2013. The crew of Army mariners, in partnership with Marines and local Alaskan authorities, are supporting the inter-agency task force by transporting personnel, equipment and supplies between various locations in order to help construct essential infrastructure to facilitate the Newtok’s relocation efforts. The Newtok, a Yupik Eskimo village of about 400 people on the Ninglick River in western Alaska, is threatened by erosion, and melting and sinking permafrost.
    U.S. Army photo # 130612-A-JF389-140 KODIAK (12 June 2016) by Sgt. Scott Akanewich    		 Tommy Trampp
    Palo Altos
    302503205    		 76k U.S. Soldiers off-load a forklift off USAV Palo Alto’s (LCU-2032) deck using a heavy crane during an equipment and supply drop in support of Mertarvik Innovative Readiness Training in Kodiak, Alaska, 12 June 2013. The crew of Army mariners, in partnership with U.S. Marines and local Alaskan authorities, are supporting the inter-agency task force by transporting personnel, equipment and supplies between various locations in order to help construct essential infrastructure to facilitate the Newtok’s relocation efforts. The Newtok, a Yupik Eskimo village of about 400 people on the Ninglick River in western Alaska, is threatened by erosion, and melting and sinking permafrost
    U.S. Army photo # 130612-A-JF389-171 KODIAK (12 June 2016) by Sgt. Scott Akanewich    		 Tommy Trampp
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    302503206    		 124k USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032) assigned to the 481st Transportation Company, departs San Francisco Bay at the completion of annual training in Alameda, CA., 22 June 2016. Big Logistics Over The Shore - West 16 is an annual, Army Reserve, multi-echelon (Company/Detachment to Brigade) functional exercise designed to train transportation units and sustainment commands in Logistics Over-the-Shore (LOTS) operations.
    U.S. Army photo 160622-A-AU937-116 by Lt.COL. Gregg Moore/311th Sustainment Command (Exped).     		Tommy Trampp
    Monterrey
    302503003    		 292k USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032) inboard of USAV Monterrey (LCU-2030), alongside and unidentied ship, date and location unknown.
    U.S. Army photo from The War Zone, July 12, 2021.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Palo Alto
    302503207    		 111k USAV Palo Alto (LCU-2032) moored pierside, Yokohama, Japan. December 2022.
    U.S. Army photo Flicke by Minoru Tanaka    		 John Spivey
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