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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-30
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1156 (1958)
 Landing Craft Ship - LSU-1156 (1949 - 1958)
 Landing Craft Tank - LCT(6)-1156 (1944 - 1949)

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 - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (4)
Third Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6) / YFU-1 Class Harbor Utility Craft:
  • Laid down, 13 May 1944, at Bison Shipbuilding Corp, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Launched, 24 May 1944
  • Delivered, 27 May 1944
  • During World War II LCT(6)-1156 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCT Flotilla 31 and served at Leyte in the Philippines, Okinawa and Japan
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility, LSU-1156 in 1949
  • During the Korean War LSU-1156 participated in the following campaign:

    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression, 18 September to 2 November 1950 Inchon Landing, 13 to 17 September 1950
    Communist China Aggression, 3 November to 25 December 1950 First UN Counter Offensive, 1 to 28 February 1951

  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1156, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-30, 18 May 1958
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • LSU-1156 earned four battle stars for Korean War service
  • Sold in 1960, renamed MV Bettles (ON 285753)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
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    LCT-1194 488k From left to right LCT(6)-1156, LCT(6)-1159 and LCT(6)-1194 along with the rest of LCT Flotilla 31 underway in Casiguran Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands in 1945.
    Photo by Donald Berton Dale RM3/c LCT-1195    		 Bernard Urbanik
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    Last Updated 16 August 2019