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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-26
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1082 (1952 - 1958)
 Landing Ship Utility - LSU-1082 (1949 - 1952)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1082 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 1 March 1944, at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 2 May 1944
  • Delivered, 3 May 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown, ENS. E.A. Stephan USNR, Officer in Charge (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1082 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-One, LCDR. C.V. Dilley USNR
     LCT Group Ninety-One, LT. R.R. Muehlbach, USNR, at New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1082 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 4 March 1946
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1082 in 1949
  • During the Korean War LSU-1082 participated in the following campaigns:

    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    18 September to 2 November 1950     		Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November to 20 December 1950     		UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    1 to 22 September 1951

  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1082, 15 April 1952
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Reclassified as Harbor Utility Craft YFU-26, 18 May 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LSU-1082 earned four battle stars for Korean War 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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    WWII LCT web site
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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 13 September 2019