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ASDV1 1999

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
LCU1610		380	Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay			1957	auxiliary 1972
LCU1611		381	Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay			1958	auxiliary 1972
LCU1612		382	Christy Corp., Sturgeon Bay			1957	auxiliary 1972
LCU1613			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1959	stricken 1993
LCU1614			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1957	stricken 2001
LCU1615			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1957	auxiliary 1972
LCU1616			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1959	in service (2019)
LCU1617			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1959	in service (2019)
LCU1618			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1959	auxiliary 1990s
LCU1619			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1959	in service (2019)
LCU1620			Southern SB, Slidell			1959	auxiliary 1972
LCU1621, 1999- ASDV1			Southern SB, Slidell			1959	swimmer delivery vehicle 1999, stricken 2006
LCU1622			Southern SB, Slidell			1959	auxiliary 1972
LCU1623, 1999- ASDV2			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1960	swimmer delivery vehicle 1999, stricken 2016
LCU1624			Gunderson Bros., Portland			1960	stricken 2002

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	172
Displacement full, t	353
Length, m	38.9 wl 41.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.85
Draught, m	at landing: 1.07 fore 1.83 aft
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 13
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(8)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 or 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load	4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 180 t of cargo or 400 troops
Complement	10

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Project history

Development of LCT(6) architecture with straight cargo deck. Had 36.9x7.6m cargo deck and 4.5m-wide bow ramp.

Modernizations

1980s, all: + LN-66 radar

Naval service

Two craft became ASDV (auxiliary swimmer delivery vehicles).