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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-87
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-780 (1956 - 1966)
 Landing Craft Ship - LSU-780 (1949 - 1956)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-780 (1944 - 1949)

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)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 6 January 1944, at Mount Vernon Bridge Co., Mount Vernon, OH.
  • Launched, 30 January 1944
  • Delivered, 1 February 1944
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • During World War II LCT(6)-780 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater:
    LCT Flotilla Seventeen, CDR. R. Craig Fabian
    LCT Group Fifty and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LSU-780 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-780, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft (YFU-87), 1 March 1966
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1972
  • LCT(6)-780 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" (ovl.)
    Beam 32' 8"
    Draft
    limiting 3' 9"
    maximum navigation 5'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement
    1 officer
    12 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor
    wheelhouse 20lbs
    gun shields 10lbs
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 80 Bbls
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine 6-71 Diesel engines
    two Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V. D.C. Ships' Service Generators
    three propellers, 675shp
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    1018078001    		 186k LCT(6)-780 being launched from USS LST-137 at a shipyard in the Port of Plymouth, Devon, U.K., 24 April 1944. USS LST-137 was at this time assigned to ,
    Refs: COM LST-GR 32 War Diary, and 4-1-30-44; LST-137 (Muster Roll) 1/26/44-11/20/45. Images are frames from a short film called "D-Day" United News Newsreel, National Archive ID 39013, Local ID 208-UN-106.    		 David Upton
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    There is no history record for LCT(6)-780 available at NavSource
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