The United States Navy built 1,394 Landing Craft Tank (LCT) in World War II. Those that were still in use in 1949 were redesignated as Landing Craft Utility (LCU). Seventy old LCUs (likely ex-LCTs) were retired from amphibious duties and reclassified as Harbor utility craft (YFU).

2024年7月30日 · Based in South Carolina, Integer Technologies is opening a permanent office on LSU’s flagship campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to work directly with students and faculty solving national security challenges. The strategic partnership is supported by an initial $9.8 million Navy research award to develop maritime technology.

2024年9月9日 · BATON ROUGE, LA – A team of LSU researchers has been tasked with helping the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps make the transformation to Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), which would allow the two military branches to move beyond traditional reliance on a few large vessels and instead emphasize a distributed network of smaller naval platforms ...

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2024年8月2日 · The first, $9.8 million from the Office of Naval Research, announced today will engage a multi-disciplinary research team in the LSU College of Engineering and the LSU College of Science to create new solutions for naval operators, including technologies to improve the intelligence, autonomy and decision-making abilities of distributed networks ...

2024年7月31日 · Integer Technologies and LSU have entered a strategic partnership that is supported by an initial $9.8 million Navy research award to develop maritime technology. Integer Technologies is a rapidly growing defense contractor that partners with top US research universities to accelerate the development of scientific research in support of ...

CLASSIFICATION Originally rated as Landing Craft, Tank (LCT(6)) re-designated (Utility Landing Ships, LSU) in 1949 to reflect varied employment; designation changed to (Utility Landing Craft, LCU) on 15 April 1952 and classified as service craft.

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LCT(6)-634 earned one battle star for World War II service and as LSU-634 earned three battle stars for Korean War service Final Disposition, fate unknown