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Landing Craft Tank LCT-686
Landing Ship Utility LSU-686
Landing Craft Utility LCU-686
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-12

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart, 02/27/68 - KIA Larry E. Sinks, SN, 27 February 1968
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 10 March 1944, at Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co., Memphis, TN.
  • Launched, 4 April 1944
  • Delivered, 7 April 1944
  • During World War II LCT-686 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT Flotilla 24, Group 70, LCDR. F. Carmondy, in command, at New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LSU-686 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-686, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-12, 18 May 1958
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-12 participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II Tet/69 Counteroffensive

  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • YFU-12 earned two 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-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. YFU-4 is in the foreground, and LCU-1477 is beyond YFU-12.
    US Navy photo # USN 1119240.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    Last Updated 26 January 2007