JP 4-01.5 JTTP for Water Terminal Operations - BITS

transporting personnel, containers,
vehicles, and outsized cargo in offshore
discharge operations. It may be attached
to the Navy in support of a joint
amphibious operation. There are two
classes of LCUs (the 1600 and 2000
classes).
•• LCU-1600 Class. This class has dual
screws, four rudders (including two
flanking rudders), and a drive-through
capability. It can carry 202 STONs of
general cargo, 10 TEU containers, 1,600
square feet of vehicles, or three combatloaded
M-1 tanks.
•• LCU-2000 Class. This class has dual
screws with rudders and bow thruster and
has no drive-through capability. It can
carry 343 STONs of general cargo, 30
TEU, 2,200 square feet of vehicles, or
four combat-loaded M-1 tanks.
c. Watercraft. Watercraft detachments
provide crews required to perform specialized
functions in operating coastal and inland
waterway vessels. Each detachment must be
fully supported by the unit to which it is
attached.
• LA Detachment. The LA detachment
provides the crew for nonpropelled dry
cargo barges. The barges are in various
sizes, from 45.5 to 120 feet long, with
capacity ranging from 22 to 636 STONs.
The larger barges can carry bulk liquid
or deck cargo.
• LB Detachment. The LB detachment
operates picketboats — coastal or harbor
inland boats 65 feet and smaller.
Picketboats provide water transportation,
water patrols, command, inspection, and
general utility services in support of water
terminal operations.
• LC Detachment. The LC detachment
consists of marine engineer and deck
Army Units
personnel required to operate the pumps
and to crew the 120-foot, non-selfpropelled
liquid cargo barge to transport
deck or bulk-liquid cargo. The barge can
transport 4,160 barrels of liquid cargo
or 655 STONs of dry cargo.
• LD Detachment. The LD detachment
has the necessary personnel to operate
the 70-foot tug (small tug) rated as a 65foot
tug by the Army. Its operational
missions include firefighting, shifting
and towing barges, and assisting in
docking and undocking large vessels.
• LE Detachment. The LE detachment
loads and discharges heavy-lift cargo that
is beyond the capability of a ship’s gear.
It provides crews for the 60-STON nonself-propelled
floating crane and the 100-
STON floating crane.
• Team FJ. Team FJ provides the
operating capability for the 107-foot tug
rated as a 100-foot large tug (LT) by the
Army. It is capable of heavy tows within
a harbor area or limited offshore towing
between terminals, berthing, and
unberthing deep-draft vessels.
• LI Detachment. The LI detachment
provides the operating capability for the
128-foot LT. It can dock and undock
vessels and conduct barge-towing
operations and limited salvage services.
• LJ Detachment. The LJ detachment
operates the logistics support vessel
(LSV). It provides the capability to carry
cargo and/or equipment throughout the
theater or on intratheater routes not
otherwise serviced by MSC. The 272foot
self-propelled vessel can carry up to
1,963 STONs of cargo along inland
waterways, intracoastal, inter-island, and
on open seas. The LSV will also assist
in RO/RO or LOTS operations,
particularly with container handling
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