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YFR-889

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from to bottom left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

YFR-443 Class Refrigerated Covered Lighter (Self Propelled):

Built by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI (YN 372)

Laid down, date unknown

Launched, date unknown

Delivered and placed in service as YF-889, 25 October 1945

Placed out of service and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, March 1948

Reclassified YFR-889, date unknown

Withdrawn from reserve and placed in service, date unknown

Arrived in South Vietnam, October 1966

Assigned to Naval Logistics Base (NLB) Nha Be, 1966 - 1971

During The Vietnam War it is estimated that YFR-889 participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III	Tet/69 Counteroffensive
Tet Counteroffensive	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV	Vietnam Winter Spring 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V	Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
Tet/69 Counteroffensive	.

Placed out of service (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Transferred to Republic of Vietnam at Nah Be as HQ-490, 15 May 1971

Final disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 300 tons
Length 133'
Beam 32'
Draft 12'
Speed unknown
Armament none
Complement 17
Propulsion Diesel, twin screws

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	84k	YFR-889 moored pierside, date and location unknown.		Scott Odell
	217k	Article about YFR-889 published in The Jackstaff News, 28 July 1967.		Dave Wright

There is no DANFS history record for YFR-889 available at Navsource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Mobile Riverine Force Association

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Last Updated 20 September 2017