Assault Craft Unit 2

Assault Craft Unit TWO
US NavyLanding Craft Utility (LCU) 1654, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 2, departs the well deck of the amphibious assault ship
ActiveDecember 1959 – present
CountryUnited States
BranchUSN
Garrison/HQNaval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Elaine Luria
A light-armored vehicle assaults the beach from a landing craft utility from Assault Craft Unit 2 during an amphibious assault demonstration conducted as part of Bright Star 2009, Egypt, Oct. 12, 2009.

Assault Craft Unit TWO (ACU-2) is an Atlantic Ocean Maritime Prepositioning Force in the United States Navy operated under Naval Beach Group Two out of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia. ACU-2's force consists of Landing Craft Utility boats (LCU),[1] Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8 boats (LCM), and Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boats (MPFUB). The sister unit of ACU-2 is Assault Craft Unit 1 in Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.

  1. ^ "The US Navy -- Fact File: Landing Craft, Mechanized and Utility - LCM/LCU". www.navy.mil. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

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