A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers.

2019年1月17日 · Mechanized and utility landing craft are rugged, steel displacement vessels used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops from ship to the shore, along the shore, and from shore...

LCUs are carried aboard amphibious assault ships to the objective area and used across a range of military operations to deliver vehicles, personnel and cargo from sea-to-shore and shore-to-shore....

通用登陸艇 （英語： Landing Craft Utility，縮寫 LCU）是 兩棲部隊 用來運送設備和人員上岸的一種 登陸艇，能將履帶車、輪式車和部隊從 兩棲突擊艦 轉運到灘頭 或 碼頭。 LCU 起源於英國皇家海軍開發的戰車登陸艇 (TLC)。 這也被美國海軍部署為 戰車登陸艇 (LCT)。 1940年11月第一艘TLC「Mk.1」在Hawthorn Leslie下水後，總共建造了30艘TLC 「Mk.1」。 從次年（1941年）起，陸續開始建造500噸級「Mk.2」、加長船體的600噸級「Mk.3」和船體稍小但更寬的「Mk.4 …

The Landing Craft, Utility-the Navy's largest boat for ship-to-shore movement-can carry 160 tons of cargo through 12-foot seas and deliver it to shore. Its combat radius is 1,000 nautical miles and is capable of independent operations of up to ten days. Yet most sailors outside of the amphibious Navy have never heard of it.

2024年6月18日 · Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class vessels are designed to serve as a modernised replacement for the US Navy’s (USN) LCU 1650 amphibious landing craft fleet. The vessels are a crucial component of PMS 317, a programme office within the broader NAVSEA Program Executive Office Ships (PEO Ships).

The LCU, the displacement craft component of the Navy’s landing craft fleet, complements the LCAC by transporting the heaviest loads of equipment and supplies ashore while providing the ability...

The Navy needs a new, 21st-century landing craft utility (LCU)—the kind of flexible, shallow-draft, fast-moving cargo-carrier required for putting Marine Corps tanks and armored vehicles ashore during a modern-day amphibious landing.

Although the Navy now has a newer craft, the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), the LCUs have the backbone for heavier loads. It can carry 180 tons of equipment or 400 combat equipped Marines.

2025年3月23日 · In total, 251 LCUs have been built for the U.S. Navy since WWII, including those which were acquired by the Navy on behalf of the Army. 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 ...