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Landing Craft Tank LCT-869
Landing Ship Utility - LSU-869
Landing Craft Utility - LCU-869
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-18

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



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
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (8) - Vietnam Service Medal (1)
Third Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid Down, 19 February 1944, at Derby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, KS.
  • Launched, 21 March 1944
  • Delivered, 30 March 1944
  • During World War II LCT-869 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT Flotilla 24, Group 70, LCDR. F. Carmondy, in command, at New Guinea, the Philippines and Okinawa
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Utility LSU-869 in 1949
  • During the Korean War LSU-869 participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    18 September to 2 November 1950    		 Communist China Spring Offensive
    22 April to 8 July 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    3 November to 20 December 1950    		 UN Summer Fall Offensive
    9 to 23 July 1951
    Inchon Landing
    13 to 17 September 1950    		 Second Korean Winter 10 to 30 April 1952
    First UN Counter Offensive
    1 to 23 February 1951    		 Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    1 to 20 May 1952

  • Reclassified Landing Craft Utility LCU-869, 15 April 1952
  • Reclassified as Harbor Utility Craft (YFU-18), 18 May 1958
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-18 served in country
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 February 1973, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
  • LCT-869 earned eight battle stars as LSU-869 during the Korean War and one campaign star as YFU-18 during the Vietnam War
    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-869
    LCT-869 20k LSU-869 off loading troops, date and place unknown. Andy Jackson
    LCT-869 47k LSU-869 off loading bombs at Inchon, Korea, 1951. Andy Jackson
    LCT-869 18 LSU-869 with a tank gun barrel through her well deck. The tank was dropped from a merchant ship while unloading. Its turret gun went all the way through the well deck, 1951 Andy Jackson
    LCT-869 27k LSU-869 transporting 250 lb. bombs, That's Andy Jackson standing on the pile of bombs, 1951 Andy Jackson
    LCT-869 37k LSU-869 moored, South Korea, 1951 Andy Jackson
    YFU-18
    LCT-869 8k YFU-18 beached in South Vietnam at the Chu Li supply ramp, circa 1968-69. Tom Dudek EN2 USN YFU-18
    LCT-869 7k YFU-18 beached in South Vietnam at the Chu Li supply ramp, circa 1968-69. Tom Dudek EN2 USN YFU-18
    LCT-869 8k YFU-18 beached in South Vietnam at the Chu Li supply ramp, circa 1968-69. Tom Dudek EN2 USN YFU-18
    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
    There is no DANFS history for LCT-689 available at NavSource
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