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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1664

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Ribbon

LCU-1646 Landing Craft Utility

Built in 1971, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered, date unknown

Placed in service with Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2), NAB Little Creek, VA.

Status, active

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

Size	Image Description	Source
38k	*LCU-1664* beached, circa 1968, location unknown. US Navy photos	Combat Index web site
42k		Combat Index web site
1091k	*LCU-1664* and *LCU-1663* and a LCM-6 moored forward of *USS Fort Snelling* (LSD-30)** at Genoa, Italy, 5 March 1977.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli.
1160k		Photo by Carlo Martinelli.
454k	*LCU-1664* underway carrying a pair of self-propelled howitzers during a May 1987 exercise. Note that her radar mast has been folded down so that she can fit into a covered well. US Navy photo text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.	Robert Hurst
1565k	*LCU-1664* assigned to Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2) off loads equipment and personnel during exercise Image Nautilus. Sailors from *ACU-2* are currently conducting training with the U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC). Navy and Marine Corps units are on scheduled deployments in the area conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. US Navy photo # 021108-N-4374S-039 Djibouti, Africa November 8, 2002 by PH2 Michael Sandberg.	Robert M. Cieri
390k	*LCU-1664* approaches the well deck of the amphibious assault ship *USS Nassau* (LHA-4), 10 November 2002. Nassau*'s embarked units are providing support and training for exercise “Image Nautilus” with the east African nation of Djibouti. U.S. Navy photo # 021110-N-9977R-002 Off the coast of Djibouti, Africa November 10, 2002* PH1 Anibal Rivera.	Robert M. Cieri
60k	*LCU-1664* beached while off-loading a truck, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Combat Index web site
101k	*LCU-1664* (front) and *LCU-1662* (rear) loading troops, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Combat Index web site
108k	*LCU-1664* loading troops, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Combat Index web site
57k	*LCU-1664* underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Combat Index web site
101k	*LCU-1664* and *LCU-1656* and a light-armored vehicle (LAV) come ashore as three landing craft, air cushion vehicles approach and an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter flies by during Exercise Bright Star 12 October 2009. The LCAC, LAV and Cobra are assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) and is part of an 11-country coalition participating in the biannual event spearheaded by Egypt and the U.S. Central Command. US Army photo # 091012-A-4887F-163 by Spc. Lindsey M. Frazier from the United States Navy News Stand.	Robert Hurst
158k	*LCU-1664* approaches the amphibious assault ship *USS Kearsarge* (LHD-3)** during a September 2015 exercise US Navy photo	Tommy Trampp