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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-60
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Landing Craft Utility - LCU-851 (1952 - 1966)
Landing Ship Utility - LSU-851 (1949 - 1952)
Landing Craft Tank - LCT-851 (1943 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Charlie - kilo
NCCK

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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During World War II LCT-851 was assigned to the European-Africa-Middle East Theater:
LCT Flotilla Seventeen CDR. R. Craig Fabian;
LCT Group Fifty; and and participated in the following campaign:

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

During the Vietnam War YFU-60 participated in the following campaign:

Vietnam War
Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V, October 1968

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in July 1973

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
LCT-851
	97k	LCT-851 beached at Normandy, date unknown. US National Archives Tape No. NPC-107-15760		Bill Brinkley
LCU-851
	124k	USS LSM-547 and USS LST-529 with LCU-851 loaded on her main deck, circa 1952, location unknown.		Don Garner
	442k	LCT-851 just prior to being loaded onto USS Chesterfield County (LST-551) at Norfolk, VA. in February 1966 by YD-215. Chesterfield County carried LCU-851 though the Panama Canal, to Pearl Harbor and then to Subic Bay where she was off loaded, 1 May 1966.		Richard Wall Chesterfield County
YFU-60
	100k	YFU-60, and YFU-63 along with six unidentified LCU/YFUs and USS Page County (LST-1076) at the LCU Landing, Port of Cua Viet, South Vietnam, October 1968.		Photo by Art Moore BU2 USN
1018085103	309k	YFU-60 beached while loading/unloading vehicles and cargo, circa 1969, location in Vietnam unknown.		Vincent Parro YFU-60
1018085104	270k	YFU-60 underway, circa 1969, location in Vietnam unknown.		Vincent Parro YFU-60
1018085106	227k
1018085105	102k	YFU-60 underway with black powder for Quang Tri, 1969.		Vincent Parro YFU-60
1018085107	212k	YFU-60 moored with LCU-1622 and two other LCUs, circa 1969, location in Vietnam unknown.	Vincent Parro YFU-60

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There is no history for LCT-851 / LSU-851 / LCU-851 / YFU-60 available at NavSource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The World War II LCT Flotillas
Mobile Riverine Force Association
Brownwater Navy in Vietnam Web Book

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Last Updated 22 December 2023