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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive
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Light Salvage Lift Craft - YLLC-5
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 Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-2 (1966 - 1967)
 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-529 (1952 - 1966)
 Landing Ship Utility - LSU-529 (1949 - 1952)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-529 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944, Invasion of Normandy) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third row - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (2) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

YLLC-5 was turned over to the South Vietnamese Navy and redesignated HQ-561
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 16 August 1943, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 2 September 1943
  • Delivered, 9 October 1943
  • During World War II LCT(6)-529 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Four, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard, and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-529 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-529, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-2, 18 May 1958
  • Redesignated Light Salvage Lift Craft YLLC-5, 1 September 1967
  • Assigned to Harbor Clearance Unit One, at Subic Bay, P.I.
  • Placed out of service, 29 October 1970, at Cat Lo Naval Support Activity, South Vietnam
  • Transferred to South Vietnam in April 1971, redesignated HQ-561
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 July 1971
  • LCT(6)-529 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    LCT(6) 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
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts,
    four .50 cal. machine guns

    Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
    YLLC Specifications:
    Displacement 400 t.
    Length 119' 1" (ovl)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft 5'
    Speed 7 kts.
    Complement one officer, 15 enlisted
    A-frame Lift Capacity 25 tons
    Armament two .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 20lbs wheelhouse, 10lbs gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
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    LSU-529
    LSU-529
    1018052904    		 98k LSU-529 approaching the beach at Camp Pendleton, Virginia Beach, VA,. during Operation Camid VI, 25 August 1951.
    Frame from the short film "Operation Camid VI (Joint Operations with Amphibious Force US-Atlantic Fleet). Dept. of the Army. National Archives ID 22866. Local ID 111-ADC-9101.    		 David Upton
    LSU-529
    1018052903    		 109k LSU-529 beached at Camp Pendleton, Virginia Beach, VA,. during Operation Camid VI, 25 August 1951.
    Frame from the short film "Operation Camid VI (Joint Operations with Amphibious Force US-Atlantic Fleet). Dept. of the Army. National Archives ID 22866. Local ID 111-ADC-9101.    		 David Upton
    YLLC-5
    YLLC-5 109k YLLC-5 under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    HQ-561
    YLLC-5 42k Ex-YLLC-5 under way while in South Vietnamese service as HQ-561 after lifting a small boat out of the water, date and location unknown. Note ex-USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) as South Vietnam Navy's RVSN Tran Quang Khia (HQ-2) moored pierside in the background. Tommy Trampp
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