US Navy • Assault Craft Unit 2 Tour : Part 1
- 4 years ago
Today's tour is on board the Utility Landing Craft (LCU) platform, the largest at ACU 2.
ACU 2 is a unique and dynamic naval unit with almost 325 officers, chiefs andcrew operating 16 Utility Landing Craft (LCU) vessels, 2 Mechanized Landing Craft (LCM-8) and 4 Utility Boats (UB).
ACU 2 craft have operated in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea , supporting virtually every amphibious exercise or contingency operation that occurred in those waters since 1960.
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Credit to : Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Milham - Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic
ACU 2 is a unique and dynamic naval unit with almost 325 officers, chiefs andcrew operating 16 Utility Landing Craft (LCU) vessels, 2 Mechanized Landing Craft (LCM-8) and 4 Utility Boats (UB).
ACU 2 craft have operated in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea , supporting virtually every amphibious exercise or contingency operation that occurred in those waters since 1960.
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Credit to : Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Milham - Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic