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Landing Craft Tank - LCT-851
Landing Ship Utility - LSU-851
Landing Craft Utility - LCU-851
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-60

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
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 30 October 1943, Darby Products and Steel Corp., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 15 December 1943
  • Delivered 24 December 1943
  • During World War II LCT-851 was assigned to the European Theater LCT Flotilla 17, Group 50, CDR. R. Craig Fabian, in command and participated in the:
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Laid up in Reserve
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-851 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-851, 15 April 1952
  • Redesignated Harbor Utility Craft YFU-60, 1 March 1966
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-60 participated in the following campaign:
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register and sold for scrapping in July 1973
  • LCT-851 earned one battle star for World War II service and as YFU-60 one campaign star 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 Gray Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
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    LCT-851
    LCT-851 97k LCT-851 beached at Normandy, date unknown.
    US National Archives Tape No. NPC-107-15760    		 Bill Brinkley
    YFU-60
    LST-1076 100k YFU-60, and YFU-63 along with six unidentified LCU/YFUs and Page County (LST-1076) at the LCT/LCU Landing, Port of Cua Viet, South Vietnam, October 1968. Photo by Art Moore BU2 USN
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-851 at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The World War II LCT Flotillas
    Mobile Riverine Force Association
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