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Landing Craft Utility
LCU-1614

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Heart (Richard C. Wyatt, SN - KIA, 5 May 1968)
LCU-1610 Landing Craft Utility:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Gunderson Bros. Portland, OR.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered in 1959
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold for commercial service to General Propulsion, Florida
  • Resold in 2004 to Coastal Villages Seafoods, Western Alaska
    Modified for service as a fish tender and freight vessel, bottom replaced, main engines replaced with two John Deere
    diesels, new generators, and new cranes, renamed MV Kelly Mae
  • Current Disposition, as of 2006, in service as a fish tender and freight vessel for Coastal Villages
    Specifications: (As Built)
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 6' 1"
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 12 to 14 Enlisted
    Armament two .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion four Detroit Diesel engines 1,000 bhp, (250 bhp each engine), two shafts
    Fuel Capacity 3220 gals
    Range 1,200 nm at eight knots
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    LCU-1614
    YFU-75 85k LCU-1614 and YFU-75 moored at a pier in Da Nang, South Vietnam, circa January 1968 to February 1970. Steve Wetzler
    Commercial Service
    LCU-1614 77k Ex-LCU-1614 in commercial service as Coastal Villages MV Kelly Mae at Seattle, date unknown. Joe Hall
    LCU-1614 72k MV Kelly Mae at Seattle, date unknown. Joe Hall
    LCU-1614 60k MV Kelly Mae at Seattle, date unknown. Joe Hall
    LCU-1614 78k MV Kelly Mae tendering fish on the Kuskokwim River near Tuntutuliak, Alaska, summer 2006. Joe Hall
    LCU-1614 60k MV Kelly Mae tendering fish on the Kuskokwim River near Tuntutuliak, Alaska, summer 2006. Joe Hall
    There is no DANFS history for LCU-1614 available at Navsource
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