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Most recent update: December 15, 2011.

This table attempts to list all the LCUs built for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army since WWII, including those which were acquired by the Navy on behalf of the Army.  It should be complete but there are some gaps.  In particular, who built LCUs 1567 through 1593?  There are three basic designs: the LCU-1466 class, of which 142 were built, was 119 feet in LOA and 180 tons light displacement; the LCU-1610 class, of which 72 were built, was 135 feet and 200 tons; and the LCU-2001 class, of which 35 were built, was 174 feet and 575 tons.  Note that there is very little information available on what happened to most of the LCUs that are no longer in active service: many were left behind in Vietnam, where some have probably been scrapped, but there may be a few still around.  Please send any corrections and/or additions to me at timcolton@aol.com.

Type # Shipbuilder Hull # Original Owner Name FY Built Disposition
LCU 1466 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To US Army as Casablanca, retired 1986
LCU 1467 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To US Army Reserve, to NC Dept. of Fisheries as Long Bay
LCU 1468 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To US Army Reserve, to NC Dept. of Fisheries, reefed
LCU 1469 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To US Army as Fort Apache, retired 1986
LCU 1470 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Later Grand Caribe II, scrapped
LCU 1471 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Spain
LCU 1472 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1473 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1474 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Lebanon
LCU 1475 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Vietnam as HQ 540
LCU 1476 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To US Army, retired
LCU 1477 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Vietnam as HQ 541
LCU 1478 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Norway 1958 as Tjeldsund (A 30), struck 1975
LCU 1479 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To France 1954 as L 9076, to Vietnam 1954 as HQ 533
LCU 1480 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To France 1954 as L 9089, to Vietnam 1954 as HQ 534
LCU 1481 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1482 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Sunk at Chau Me 17-Feb-68, salvaged, to Vietnam as HQ-547
LCU 1483 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1484 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Vietnam 1977
LCU 1485 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Scrapped
LCU 1486 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1487 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To NCDoF as Rose Bay II, sold 1997
LCU 1488 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 YFU 94 1972, now Jaxtrader
LCU 1489 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1490 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To NCDoF
LCU 1491 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 YFU 95 1972, to Spain
LCU 1492 Island Dockyard    U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 YFU 70 1972
LCU 1493 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Vietnam as HQ 543
LCU 1494 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Vietnam as HQ 542
LCU 1495 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1496 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1497 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1498 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To Vietnam as HQ 548
LCU 1499 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Retired
LCU 1500 Port Houston IW   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 Destroyed by rocket fire at Da Nang 27-Feb-69
LCU 1501 San Francisco NSY   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To France 1954 as L 9087, to Vietnam 1954 as HQ 537
LCU 1502 San Francisco NSY   U.S. Navy No name 52 1953 To France 1954 as L 9088, to Vietnam 1956 as HQ 538
LCU 1503 San Francisco NSY   U.S. Navy No name 52 1954 To France 1954 as L 9075, but lost overboard en route
LCU 1504 Avondale SY 656 U.S. Army Hampton Roads 52 1954 YFB 94 1972, struck 1998, sold to United Dredging 2004
LCU 1505 Avondale SY 657 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Left in Vietnam
LCU 1506 Avondale SY 658 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Left in Vietnam
LCU 1507 Avondale SY 659 U.S. Army Chippewa 52 1954 Retired 1992
LCU 1508 Avondale SY 660 U.S. Army Attu 52 1954 Retired 1992
LCU 1509 Avondale SY 661 U.S. Army Antietam 52 1954 To Marshall Islands 1996, wrecked 1998
LCU 1510 Avondale SY 662 U.S. Army Atlanta 52 1954 Retired 1991
LCU 1511 Avondale SY 663 U.S. Army Cumberland 52 1954 Sold 1994 as Neptune, sank 1999
LCU 1512 Avondale SY 664 U.S. Army Cerro Gordo 52 1954 To Bangladesh 1991 as Shah Parah (L-901)
LCU 1513 Avondale SY 665 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1514 Avondale SY 666 U.S. Army Delaware 52 1954 Sold 1986 as Tarlang, wrecked 1986
LCU 1515 Avondale SY 667 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Abandoned on Weno, in Micronesia
LCU 1516 Avondale SY 668 U.S. Army Shenandoah 52 1954 YFB 95 1972, retired 1990, scrapped 1997
LCU 1517 Avondale SY 669 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1518 Avondale SY 670 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1519 Avondale SY 671 U.S. Army El Paso 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1520 Avondale SY 672 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1521 Avondale SY 673 U.S. Army Eniwetok 52 1954 To Marshall Islands 1993, wrecked 1996
LCU 1522 Avondale SY 674 U.S. Army Lorraine 52 1954 To Colombia 1992
LCU 1523 Avondale SY 675 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1524 Avondale SY 676 U.S. Army Chapultepec 52 1954 Wrecked 1979
LCU 1525 Avondale SY 677 U.S. Army Hollandia 52 1954 Served in Marshall I, retired 1990
LCU 1526 Avondale SY 678 U.S. Army Leyte 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1527 Avondale SY 679 U.S. Army Guadalcanal 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1528 Avondale SY 680 U.S. Army Lingayen Gulf 52 1954 Retired 1991
LCU 1529 Avondale SY 681 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1530 Avondale SY 682 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1531 Avondale SY 683 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1532 Avondale SY 684 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1533 Avondale SY 685 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1534 Avondale SY 686 U.S. Army Saipan 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1535 Avondale SY 687 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1536 Avondale SY 688 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1537 Avondale SY 689 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1538 Avondale SY 690 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1539 Avondale SY 691 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1540 Avondale SY 692 U.S. Army Pusan 52 1954 To American Samoa 1994 as Ataata O Samoa
LCU 1541 Avondale SY 693 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 To Vietnam 1971
LCU 1542 Avondale SY 694 U.S. Army Malolos 52 1954 Retired 1995
LCU 1543 Avondale SY 695 U.S. Army Carolina 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1544 Avondale SY 696 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1545 Avondale SY 697 U.S. Army Meuse-Argonne 52 1954 Retired 1990, reefed off North Carolina 2008
LCU 1546 Avondale SY 698 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1547 Avondale SY 699 U.S. Army Solomon Islands 52 1954 Retired 1971
LCU 1548 Avondale SY 700 U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1549 Avondale SY 701 U.S. Army Guam 52 1955 Retired 1990
LCU 1550 Avondale SY 702 U.S. Army White Wing 52 1955 Retired 1989
LCU 1551 Avondale SY 703 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1552 Avondale SY 704 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1553 Avondale SY 705 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1554 Avondale SY 706 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1555 Avondale SY 707 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1556 Avondale SY 708 U.S. Army Zapople River 52 1955 Retired 1991
LCU 1557 Avondale SY 709 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired 1990
LCU 1558 Avondale SY 710 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1559 Avondale SY 711 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 In Mexico ?
LCU 1560 Avondale SY 712 U.S. Army Rhineland 52 1955 Retired 1989
LCU 1561 Avondale SY 713 U.S. Army Manila 52 1955 YFU 61 1972, struck 1989
LCU 1562 Avondale SY 714 U.S. Army Inchon 52 1955 Retired 1990
LCU 1563 Avondale SY 715 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Lost in Typhoon Patsy Nov-70
LCU 1564 Avondale SY 716 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1565 Avondale SY 717 U.S. Army No name 52 1955 Retired
LCU 1566 Avondale SY 718 U.S. Army Cadgell 52 1955 To Bangladesh 1992 as Shah Makhdoom (L-902)
LCU 1567     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1568     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 To Vietnam 1971
LCU 1569     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1570     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1571     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1572     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1573     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1574     U.S. Army Cold Harbor 52 1954 Retired 1992
LCU 1575     U.S. Army Junction City 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1576 Marietta Mfg.    U.S. Army No name 52 1954 YFU 89 1972, to GSA 1976
LCU 1577     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1578     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1579     U.S. Army Bull Run 52 1954 Retired 1988
LCU 1580     U.S. Army Veracruz 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1581     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1582     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 To Vietnam as HQ 546
LCU 1583     U.S. Army Chattanooga 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1584     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1585     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1586     U.S. Army Tunisia 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1587     U.S. Army Chickamauga 52 1954 Retired 1991
LCU 1588     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1589     U.S. Army No name 52 1954 Retired
LCU 1590     U.S. Army Spotsylvania 52 1954 Retired 1990
LCU 1591     U.S. Army Viper 52 1954 To Colombia 1991 as Morrosquillo
LCU 1592     U.S. Army Fort Reno 52 1954 To Colombia 1991 as Bahia Portete