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Landing Craft Utility LCU-1638
Yard Ferry Boat YFB-89

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
LCU-1610 Landing Craft Utility:
  • Laid down circa 1969 at Marinette Marine Corp. of Marinette, WI
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered and placed in service in 1969
  • Reclassified Yard Ferry Boat YFB-89, date unknown
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 1 July 1997
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200 t.(lt), 375 t.(fl)
    Length 134' 9"
    Beam 29'
    Draft 8'
    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-1635 59k LCU-1638 underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Bowling Green State University. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history record for LCU-1638 / YFB-89 available at NavSource
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