Landing Craft Utility
Landing Craft Utility (LCU) were 314 ton, 119-foot (36 m) amphibious assault ships designed to land tanks on beachheads. They were originally classified as the Mk.6 LCT. With a crew of 13, they had a top speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph), and a range of 700 nmi (1,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h). They were capable of carrying three or four medium or heavy tanks, or 150 tons of cargo, while armament consisted of two twin 20 mm guns and two .50 caliber machine guns.
| Name | Acquired | Formerly | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| RVNS HQ-533 | 1954 | USS LCU-1479 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-534 | 1954 | USS LCU-1480 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-535 | ? | ? | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-536 | ? | USS LCU-1466 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-537 | 1954 | USS LCU-1501 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-538 | 1956 | USS LCU-1502 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-539 | 1956 | USS LCU-1594 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-540 | ? | USS LCU-1475 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-541 | ? | USS LCU-1477 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-542 | ? | USS LCU-1494 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-543 | ? | USS LCU-1493 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-544 | ? | ? | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-546 | ? | USAV LCU-1582 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-547 | ? | USS LCU-1482 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-548 | ? | USS LCU-1498 | Unknown |
| RVNS HQ-549 | ? | ? |
Read more about this topic: Ships Of The Republic Of Vietnam Navy
Famous quotes containing the words landing, craft and/or utility:
“I foresee the time when the painter will paint that scene, no longer going to Rome for a subject; the poet will sing it; the historian record it; and, with the Landing of the Pilgrims and the Declaration of Independence, it will be the ornament of some future national gallery, when at least the present form of slavery shall be no more here. We shall then be at liberty to weep for Captain Brown. Then, and not till then, we will take our revenge.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I look on trade and every mechanical craft as education also. But let me discriminate what is precious herein. There is in each of these works an act of invention, an intellectual step, or short series of steps taken; that act or step is the spiritual act; all the rest is mere repetition of the same a thousand times.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)