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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by ENCS Jerry Patterson USN Ret. LCU-1624

YFU-74
Harbor Utility Craft

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

YFU-71 Class Harbor Utility Craft:

Built by Pacific Coast Engineering Co., Alameda, CA (YN 225)

Laid down, 15 February 1967

Launched, 24 October 1967

Delivered 21 December 1967

During the Vietnam War YFU-74 was assigned to the Lighterage Division at US Naval Support Activity Da Nang, Republic of South Vietnam

Transferred to the US Army 329th Heavy Boat Co. at Da Nang, South Vietnam circa May-June 1970

Evacuated to Guam circa 1974-75

Returned to US Navy control circa mid-1980s

Used by NUWES (Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station), Port Hueneme, CA, during 1980s

Struck from the Naval Register, 14 October 1986

Transferred to MARAD, 01 December 1986

Registered to Port of Astoria, OR, as P O A #2 (ON 930216), 1988

Later reduced to barge, gone from Astoria about 2004

Listed as "out of service," 04 May 2015

Final disposition, apparently still in use as undocumented barge on Columbia River

Specifications:
Displacement220 t.(lt) 380 t.(fl)
Length 125'
Beam 36'
Draft 6'
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 1 CPO, 11 enlisted
Armament 3-50.cal machine guns
Propulsion 2 Detroit Diesel 471 Series, 115Kw 185A generators, twin shafts

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
118k	YFU-74, location unknown, circa 1969.	Robert Hurst
97k	Chief Boatswain's Mate Eddie L. Head, Craftmaster YFU-74, gives a smile of approval as his crew prepares to leave the lighterage area at Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, on a cargo run northward to Dong Ha, 21 May 1969. US Navy photo # USN 1139720 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
34k	YFU-74 at the Tien Sha Sand Ramp in DaNang Harbor in 1969.	Tom Lanagan YFU-79
82k	Lighterage Division craft at the Division Headquarters in the harbor at Da Nang, South Vietnam, from left to right; unidentified YFU, YFU-4, YFU-18, YFU-7, YFU-74 and another unidentified YFU, circa January 1968 to February, 1970.	Steven Wetzler
102k	Ex-YFU-74 stripped down to a barge at Portland, OR, 27 March 2003. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
119k	Ex-YFU-74 stripped down to a barge at Portland, OR, 28 March 2003. Photo copyright George Schneider.	George Schneider
145k	Ex-YFU-74 in use as an undocumented barge at Longview, WA, August 2015. Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs.	Kyle Stubbs