"The well deck Marines handle the landing craft, air cushions (LCAC), landing craft, utilities (LCU) and boat operations," said Gunnery Sgt. Brent Vines, logistics chief with the 26th MEU.

Troops are deployed at sea via a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) - which requires the well dock of the Albion Class ships to be flooded – or via smaller inflatable boats. The inflatable boats can be ...

Kolkata: The Indian Navy has commissioned a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) ship at Port Blair. The ship, named ‘L-55’, was built indigenously by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers ...