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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive
Contributed by ENCS Jerry Patterson USN Ret. LCU-1624

Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-70
ex
 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1492 (1956 - ?)
 Landing Ship Utility - LSU-1492 (1952 - 1956)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Xray - Uniform
 NXXU
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row -National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (13)
Third Row - Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (1-KIA, 18 February 1968 - J. B. Cathey, SA)
LCT-1466 Class Landing Craft Tank:
  • Laid down, 6 February1953, as LSU-1492 at Island Dockyard, Kingston, N.Y.
  • Launched, 3 June 1953
  • Delivered, 30 April 1954
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Utility (LCU-1492), 15 April 1956
  • LCU-1492 participated in
    "The Lebanon Operation", 19 July to 16 September 1958
    "Operation Dominic 1" - JTF-8 Nuclear Testing in 1962 at Christmas Island as a unit of Amphibious Construction Battalion 13 (ACB-13)
    "The Palomares Incident" in 1966
  • Redesignated Harbor Utility Craft YFU-70, date unknown
  • During the Vietnam War YFU-70 was assigned to NavSuppAct, DaNang, South Vietnam and participated in the following campaigns:

    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    Tet Counteroffensive Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V Consolidation I
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI Consolidation II
    Tet/69 Counteroffensive - Phase III Vietnam Ceasefire
    Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969  

  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 july 1972
  • YFU-70 earned thirteen campaign stars for Vietnam War service
  • 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,2 .50 cal. machine guns
    Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
    Propulsion
    three Grey Marine Diesels
    three shafts, Shaft horsepower 675 bhp per shaft
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    LCU-1492
    1018149202    		 114k LCU-1492 participating in the clean up of The Palomares Incident in 1966. Jose Bronco
    LCU-1492
    1018149203    		 36k
    LCU-1492 65k LCU-1492 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		  
    There is no history record for LSU-1492 / LCU-1492 / YFU-70 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Mobile Riverine Force Association
    Brownwater Navy in Vietnam Web Book
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    Last Updated 22 May 2020