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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-50
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 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1486

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National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank (Modified Version of LCT Mark 5)
  • Laid down, 17 November 1952, at Island Dockyard, Kingston, N.Y.
  • Launched, 12 November 1954
  • Completed, 14 January 1955
  • Placed in service, date unknown
  • Redesignated Harbor Craft Utility YFU-50, date unknown
  • Reverted to Landing Craft Utility LCU-1486, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown, renamed 119WB8501, 1 September 1985
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications
    Displacement 180 t.(lt), 360 t.(fl)
    Length 119' (o.a.)
    Beam 34'
    Draft 6'
    Design Speed 10 kts.
    Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
    Complement 14
    Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
    Armament
    two twin 20mm AA gun mounts, one port, one starboard
    two .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
    Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 shafts, Shaft horsepower 675 bhp per shaft
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    LCU-1486 1919k LCU-1486 tied up to a pier at Genoa, Italy, 1 January 1961 Photo by Carlo Martinelli
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