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Assault Craft Unit ONE
Active01 June 1943 - Present
CountryUnited States
BranchUSN
Garrison/HQNAB Coronado
Nickname(s)Surf Riders
Motto(s)"Initiative, Dependability, Cooperation"
EngagementsWorld War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
War on Terror
Commanders
Current
commander
CDR K. M. STONER

Assault Craft Unit ONE, (ACU-1) is a Pacific Ocean Maritime Prepositioning Force in the United States Navy operated under Naval Beach Group ONE out of Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado with a Forward Detachment in Sasebo, Japan.[1] ACU-1's force consists of Landing Craft Utility (LCU) boats, Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM), Mark 8 boats , and Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boats (MPFUBs) .[2] The sister unit of ACU-1 is Assault Craft Unit 2 in Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Assault Craft Unit ONE (ACU 1)". Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ^ "ACU-1 Assault Craft Boats". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

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