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LCU1629 1983

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
LCU1627			General Ship, East Boston			1967	in service (2019)
LCU1628, 1999- ASDV3			General Ship, East Boston			1968	swimmer delivery vehicle 1999, stricken 2016
LCU1629			Southern SB, Slidell			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1630			Southern SB, Slidell			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1631			General Ship, East Boston			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1632			General Ship, East Boston			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1633			General Ship, East Boston			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1634			General Ship, East Boston			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1635			General Ship, East Boston			1968	in service (2019)
LCU1636			General Ship, East Boston			1968	auxiliary 1972
LCU1637			Pacific Coast Eng., Alameda			1968	stricken 2009
LCU1638			Marinette Marine			1969	auxiliary 1972
LCU1639			Marinette Marine			1969	auxiliary 1972
LCU1640			Marinette Marine			1969	auxiliary 1972
LCU1641			Marinette Marine			1969	stricken 2002
LCU1642			Marinette Marine			1969	auxiliary 1972
LCU1643			Marinette Marine			1969	in service (2019)
LCU1644			Marinette Marine			1969	in service (2019)
LCU1645			Marinette Marine			1969	in service (2019)

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 LCU1610 subclass. Had 36.9x7.6m cargo deck and 4.5m-wide bow ramp.

Modernizations

1980s, all: + LN-66 or SPS-53 radar

Naval service

One craft became ASDV (auxiliary swimmer delivery vehicle).