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Landing Craft Tank LCT-1203
Landing Ship Utility LSU-1203
Landing Craft Utility LCU-1203
Harbor Utility Craft YFU-66

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 6):
  • Laid down, 22 July 1944, at Bison Ship Building Corp., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched, 29 July 1944
  • Delivered, 3 August 1944
  • LCT-1203 was placed in service and assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Utility LSU-1203 in 1949
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility LCU-1203, 15 April 1956
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-66, 1 March 1966
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCT-1203 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 143 to 160 t.(lt), 309 to 320 t.(fl)
    Length 119' 1" o.a.
    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 20 lbs. wheel house, 10 lbs. gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 225 per shaft
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    LCT-1203
    LSM-111 71k LSM-111 and LCT-1203 beached at Okinawa in the fall of 1945. Submitted by Jon Strupp for
    Thomas Malke USS LSM-111
    YFU-66
    LCT-509 72k YFU-66 and YFU-54 beached at Dong Ha, South Vietnam while off loading Army 175-mm howitzers where they provided fire support for US Marine operations in 1967.
    Photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1967.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is currently no history record of LCT-1203 at the World War II Landing Craft Tanks web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    World War II LCT Flotillas
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    Last Updated 5 May 2006