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Landing Craft Tank LCT-629
Landing Ship Utility LSU-629
Landing Craft Utility LCU-629
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-7

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Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
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Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 16 November 1943, at Bison Ship Building Co., Buffalo. N.Y.
  • Launched, 13 December 1943
  • Delivered and placed in service, 7 April 1944
  • During World War II LCT-629 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCT Flotilla 24, Group 70, LCDR. F. Carmondy, in command, and served at New Guinea, the Philippines and at Okinawa
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-629 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-629, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-7, 18 May 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk at An Thoi, Vietnam, spring 1970
    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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    LSU 629
    LCT-629 36k LSU-629 underway at Sasebo, Japan while ferrying a damaged Firefly FR.Mk.1 and Sea Fury FB.Mk.11 aircraft from the light fleet aircraft carrier HMS Glory to be lifted aboard the maintenance carrier HMS Unicorn for repair, circa early 1950s. Robert Hurst
    YFU-7
    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
    LCT-629 38k YFU-7 after sinking at An Thoi, Vietnam, spring 1970 Steven Wetzler
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