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Ferryboat - YFB-66
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-639 (1956 - 1958)
Landing Ship Utility - LSU-639 (1949 - 1956)
Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-639 (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 June 1944, Normandy) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 20 December 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 25 January 1944
  • Delivered, 29 January 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-639 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Redesignated Utility Landing Ship LSU-639 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-639, 15 April 1956
  • Redesignated Ferryboat YFB-66, 18 May 1958
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-639 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, disposed of, 1 August 1971, in support of fleet training exercise
    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(6)-639
    LCT-639
    1018063902    		 152k LCT(6)-639 underway off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. Note the LCT in the foreground with ramp modifications for DD-tanks and a load of engineers and light observation aircraft (at least four).
    Select frame from a short film called "Invasion, Fox-Green Beachhead, Omaha Beach, France; Convoys And Loading Lcts, Omaha Beach, France" Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Army. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 15277, Local ID 111-ADC-1470    		 David Upton
    YFB-66
    LCT-639 62k YFB-66 moored, pierside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the from US Navy Memorial.    		 Bram Risseeuw
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-639 / YFB-66 available at Navsource.
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