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Harbor Utility Craft - YFU-101
ex
 Landing Craft Utility - LCU-1612

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Sierra - Whiskey
 NZSW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1610 Class Landing Craft Utility:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered in 1957 and placed in service
  • Reclassified Harbor Utility Craft YFU-101 in August 1972
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 March 1986
  • Final Disposition, to be disposed of as a target.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 tons (lt.) 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11 kts
    Radar, navigation LN-66 or SPS-53, one band
    Range1200 miles at 8 kts
    Cargo Capacity 170 tons
    Complement 14 Enlisted
    Armament
    As Built - two single .50 cal machine guns
    Vietnam War era - two twin 20mm gun mounts
    Current - two 12.7mm machine gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity 3220 Gals Diesel
    Propulsion
    two Detroit 12V-71 Diesel engines
    two shafts (Kort nozzles) 1,000 bhp, 680hp sustained
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    LCU-1612
    Wood County/LCU-1612 256k USS Wood County (LST-1178) seen marrying up with LCU 1612 and another LCU to form a causeway to the beach, date and location unknown. CDR. Lou Chirillo USN Ret
    YFU-101
    LCU-1612 733k YFU-101 and another YFU at the ramp at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico during Exercise Ocean Venture 84.
    DOD photo DF-ST-85-09816 by TSgt Lemuel Casillas    		 Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
    There is no DANFS history available for LCU-1612 / YFU-101 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 24 September 2010