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Landing Craft Tank LCT-509
Landing Ship Utility LSU-509
Landing Craft Utility LCU-509
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-54

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 1 June 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 4 July 1943
  • Delivered 8 September 1943
  • Placed in service (date unknown), LTjg Wayne A. Simpson, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LCT-509 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-509 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-509, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-54, 1 March 1966
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCT-509 received 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 5' (max)
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament 2 single 20mm AA gun mounts, 4 .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Gray Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
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    LCT-509
    LCT-509 304k LCT-509 OinC LTjg Wayne A. Simpson's log entry for 6 June 1944, during the Invasion of Normandy. R. Simpson for his father LTjg Wayne A. Simpson, USNR, OinC LCT-509
    LCT-509 154k Chart of Gold Beach, Normandy with landing positions for LCT-507, LCT-501, LCT-509, LCT-500, LCT-499, LCT-512, LCT-502, LCT-506, LCT-508. R. Simpson for his father LTjg Wayne A. Simpson, USNR, OinC LCT-509
    LCT-509 45k Beach Reconnaissance photo prior to the landings at Normandy R. Simpson for his father LTjg Wayne A. Simpson, USNR, OinC LCT-509
    LCT-509 86k Beach Reconnaissance photo prior to the landings at Normandy R. Simpson for his father LTjg Wayne A. Simpson, USNR, OinC LCT-509
    YFU-54
    LCT-509 72k YFU-54 and YFU-66 beached at Dong Ha, South Vietnam while off loading Army 175-mm howitzers where they provided fire support for US Marine operations in 1967.
    Photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1967.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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