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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-85
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1373 (1952 - 1958)
Landing Ship Utility - LSU-1373 (1949 - 1952)
Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1373 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 11 September 1944 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 30 October 1944
  • Delivered, 31 October 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1373 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-Two, LCDR. W. B. Gillette, USNR;
     LCT Group Sixty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1373 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 21 February 1946
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1373 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1373 15 April 1952
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft (YFU-85), 18 May 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCT(6)-1373 earned one battle star for World War II service
    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-1373 14k LCT(6)-1373 beached at Okinawa, date unknown. John De Noma
    LST-1011
    1016101111    		 498k USS LST-1011 underway in San Francisco Bay with LCT-1373 loaded on her main deck. LST-1011, with LCT(6)-1373 aboard, returned home to the United States after completing duty in the Far East, circa 1946 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history for LCT(6)-1373 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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