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Landing Ship Aldie (LCU 2004; built in 1990) on way to Ft Eustis Virginia. Runnymede class large landing craft (35 ships)
Displacement: 1,102 tons full load
Dimensions: 174 x 42 x 8.5 feet/53 x 12.8 x 2.6 meters
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,500 bhp, 11.5 knots
Crew: 12
Cargo: 350 tons vehicles/general cargo
Notes: 35 "LCU 2000" class utility landing craft built for US Army service, replacing older USN-design landing craft. Typical LCU design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. Several are deployed to Europe and aboard Afloat Prepositioning Ships.
Builders: Trinity-Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, MS; LCU 2001-2003 started at Thunderbolt Marine, Savannah, GA but completed at Trinity-Moss Point.
LCU 2004 Aldie 1990
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It is clearly a Runnymede class LCU but I cannot really make the number, seems to end with a 4 but for the rest it is not readable.
Patrick
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lcu-2000.htm
The landing craft shown above (based on the numbering system used by the Army) is LCU 2004 which makes this a LCU 2000 class landing craft.[/font][/color][/size][/b]
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