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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive
Contributed by ENCS Jerry Patterson USN Ret. LCU-1624

Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-67
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1232 (1950 - 1958)
 Landing Ship Utility - LSU-1232 (1949 - 1950)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1232 (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 - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (SA J.B. Cathey, USN, KIA 18 February 1968
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 31 August 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y. .
  • Launched, 10 September 1944
  • Delivered, and placed in service, 13 September 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1232 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Thirty-Eight, LCDR. M.R. Doherty, USNR;
    LCT Group One Hundred Thirteen, LT. R. Berkemeyher, USNR
  • Placed out of service and laid up in reserve, date and location unknown
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1232 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1232 in 1950
  • Redesignated Harbor Utility Craft YFU-67, 18 May 1958
  • Re-activated for service in Vietnam, date unknown
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-67 is recored to have participated in at least one campaign:
    Campaign and Dates
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 1 April 1968
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1976
  • LCT(6)-1232 earned one battle star for World War II service an as YFU-67 at least one campaign star for Vietnam War service
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target
    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-1232 50k YFU-67 underway on the Perfume River, South Vietnam, circa 1968 while carrying an Army artillery unit.
    Photo by Dwight Gievers     		Pete Harlem
    LCT-1232 51k YFU-67 underway on the Perfume River, South Vietnam, circa 1968 while carrying an Army artillery unit.
    Photo by Dwight Gievers     		Pete Harlem
    LCT-1232 250k YFU-67 beached at the Dong Ha ramp, South Vietnam, circa August/September 1968
    Photo by Dwight Gievers     		Tony Mastriani USMC
    There is no history record for LCT(6)-1232 / LSU-1232 / LCU-1232 / YFU-67 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Mobile Riverine Force Association
    Brownwater Navy in Vietnam Web Book
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 6 September 2019