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Landing Craft Tank LCT-562
Landing Ship Utility LSU-562
Landing Craft Utility LCU-562
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-4

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Naval Unit Commendation (Vietnam - 1 July to 30 September 1971) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (12)
Third Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 11 October 1943, at Bison Ship Building Corp., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 23 October 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service as LCT-562, 7 November 1943
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-562 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-562, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft (YFU-4), 18 May 1956
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-4 participated in the following campaign:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II
    1 July 1966 to 31 May 1967     		Tet/69 Counteroffensive
    23 February to 8 June 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968     		Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    9 June to 31 October 1969
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 1 April 1968     		Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    2 April to 30 June 1968     		Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    1 May to 30 June 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
    1 July to 1 November 1968     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    1 July 1970 to 30 June 1971
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969     		Consolidation I
    1 July to 30 September 1971

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 1 February 1976 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS)
  • YFU-4 received twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War 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 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
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    YFU-12 100k YFU-4 is in the foreground as YFU-12 offloads an Army 175mm self-propelled gun (nicknamed "Blood Beast") at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, after a 22 hour trip through the South China Sea from Danang to the village of Dong Ha, 18 January 1967. LCU-1477 is beyond YFU-12.
    US Navy photo # USN 1119240.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    LCT-562 29k YFU-4 moored to the shore in South Vietnam, circa 1970 WWII LCT web site
    YFU-74 82k Lighterage Division craft at the Division Headquarters in the harbor at Da Nang, South Vietnam, from left to right; unidentified YFU, YFU-4, YFU-18, YFU-7, YFU-74 and an unidentified YFU, circa January 1968 to February, 1970. Steven Wetzler
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-562 available at NavSource
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