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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-43
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1386 (1956 - 1958)
 Landing Craft Ship - LSU-1386 (1949 - 1956)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1386 (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, 18 October 1944, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 8 December 1944
  • Delivered 9 December 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1386 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Twenty-One, LCDR. W. B. Gillettte USNR;
     LCT Group Sixty-Two, LT. T. J. McGann USNR and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 April to 30 June 1945
  • Following World War II LCT(6)-1386 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 11 March 1946
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1386 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1386, 15 April 1956
  • Redesignated Harbor Utility Craft YFU-43, 18 May 1958
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Service, 1 March 1965
  • LCT(6)-1386 earned one battle star for World War II 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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    LSM-84 105k USS LSM-84, LCT(6)-1386 and LCT(6)-1415 along with five LCVPs at Yellow Beach, Okinawa, 3 April 1945. The two LCTs are just visible beached at the left edge of the photo. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCT-1206 43k LCT(6)-1204 and LCT(6)-1386 beached, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    There is no history for LCT(6)-1386 / LSU-1386 / LCU-1386 / YFU-43 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 23 August 2019