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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-3
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-550 (1956 - 1958)
 Landing Craft Ship - LSU-550 (1949 - 1956)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-550 (1943 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 6-25 June 1944, Normandy) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 20 September 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 3 October 1943
  • Delivered, 25 October 1943
  • During World War II LCT(6)-550 was assigned to both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters;
  • While assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater LCT(6)-550 came under the command of LCT Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR Pruet
  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT(6)-550 came under the command of:
    LCT Flotilla Forty-Four
    LCT Group One Hundred Thirty and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Invasion of Normandy
    6 to 25 June 1944     		Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944

  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-550 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-550, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-3, 18 May 1958
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-550 earned two battle stars for world War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 9"
    maximum navigation 5'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    12 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 20lbs
    gun shields 10lbs
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    two Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V. D.C. Ships' Service Generators
    three propellers, 675shp
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    LCT-550 75k LCT(6)-550 under way, probably in British port, date and location unknown. Philippe Gonzales
    LCT-550 42k LCT(6)-550 off Omaha beachhead at Normandy, date unknown. Photos from LCT-647. Jack N. Wolslegel
    LCT-647 146k
    LCT-550 49k
    LCT-550 47k
    LCT-550 87k LCT(6)-550 off-loading ambulances on the Normandy beachhead, date unknown. Ron Reeves
    There is no history for LCT(6)-550 available at NavSource
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    Last Updated 15 June 2018