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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by ENCS Jerry Patterson USN Ret. LCU-1624

Harbor Utility Craft
YFU-71

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (12)
Third Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Vietnam Campaign Medal

YFU-71 Class Harbor Utility Craft:

Built by Pacific Coast Engineering Co., Alameda, CA (YN 222)

Laid down, 21 December 1966

Launched, 10 July 1967

Delivered 14 October 1967

During the Vietnam War YFU-71 was assigned to the Lighterage Division at US Naval Support Activity Da Nang, Republic of South Vietnam

Transferred to the US Army 329th Heavy Boat Company at Da Nang, South Vietnam, circa May-June 1970

During the Vietnam War YFU-71 participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 1 July 1966 to 31 May 1967	Tet/69 Counteroffensive 23 February to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 June to 31 October 1969
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 1 April 1968	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 April to 30 June 1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May to 30 June 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July to 1 November 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969	Consolidation I 1 July to 30 September 1971

Evacuated to Guam circa 1974-75

Returned to US Navy control circa mid-1980s

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 01 December 1984

Transferred to the Department of the Interior, 24 May 1985

Used in Guam as maritime training vessel Guahan I

Noted derelict in Piti Channel, Guam, June 2003

FInal disposition, fate unknown (still visible on Google Maps)

YFU-71 earned twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement220 tons (lt) 380 tons (fl)
Length 125'
Beam 36'
Draft 6'
Speed 9 knots

Complement

1 CPO

11 other enlisted

Armament

three 50.cal machine guns

Propulsion

two Detroit Diesel series 471 Diesel engines

two Diesel-drive 115Kw 185A Ship's Service Generators

twin propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
141807105	896k	Placing of YFU-71's pilothouse in position at Pacific Coast Engineering, 1967. Vallejo Naval & Historic museum photo YFU 71 071967-2 TH	Darryl Baker
141807102	229k	Launching of YFU-71 at Pacific Coast Engineering on 10 July 1967. Photo is from the 28 July 1967, issue of the Tie Line, the newspaper for Mare Island and Hunters Point Naval Shipyards.	Darryl Baker
141807106	844k	Sharper version of above photo. Vallejo Naval & Historic museum photo YFU 71 071967-1 TH	Darryl Baker
141807101	39k	YFU-71 at anchor in South Vietnamese waters, circa 1968.	Pete Harlem
141807103	266k	Ex-YFU-71 in service as *Guahan I*, circa 1987. Photo postcard by J & R, Guam.	Dave Wright
141807104	85k	*Guahan I* derelict in Outer Piti Channel, Guam, 02 June 2003. She went aground in a 1992 typhoon (or possibly Supertyphoon Pongsana, 08 December 2002). Photo from Surveys of Abandoned Vessels: Guam and CNMI (NOAA, October 2003)	George Schneider