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

US Army LCU-1385
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 Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-68 (1970 - 1972)
 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1385 (1956 - 1966)
 Landing Craft Ship - LSU-1385 (1949 - 1956)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1385 (1944 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Foxtrot - Whiskey
 NCFW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (9)
Fourth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation - Vietnam Campaign Medal

YFU-68 was transferred to Cambodia redesignated T-919
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 18 October 1944 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 5 December 1944
  • Delivered, 6 December 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1385 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-One, LCDR. W. B. Gillette USNR;
     LCT Group Sixty-One, LT. J. Finelstein USNR; and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1945
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1385 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1914 to 2 February 1946
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1385 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1385, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-68, date unknown
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-68 participated in the following campaigns:

    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    1 July 1966 to 31 May 1967     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968     		Tet/69 Counteroffensive
    23 February to 8 June 1969
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 1 April 1968     		Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    9 June to 31 October 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    2 April to 30 June 1968     		Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
    1 July to 1 November 1968     		 

  • Placed out of service and transferred to the US Army in April 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LCT(6)-1385 earned one battle star for World War II service and as YFU-68 earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service
  • Returned to US Naval custody and transferred to Cambodia, 19 May 1972, redesignated Cambodian navy vessel T-919
  • 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-1385
    LST-727 222k USS LST-727 at anchor in San Francisco Bay, CA. with LCT(6)-1385 loaded on her main deck, circa late February 1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 79099. Courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1974.    		 Mike Green
    YFU-68
    LCU-1385 225k YFU-68 beached in South Vietnam, date unknown. Tommy Trampp
    There is no history for LCT(6)-1385 / LSU-1385 / LCU-1385 / YFU-68 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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