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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Tommy Trampp

Kodiak (YF-866)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (14 Sept. 1968) - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Personnel Awards

Bronze Star (citation) Craftmaster QMCS Clarence Cooper (deceased 29 January 2012)
Six Purple Hearts

YF-852 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:

Laid down, 4 April 1945, by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville, IN

Launched, 26 October 1945

Delivered and placed in service YF-866 in May 1946

Assigned to the 15th Naval District, Panama Canal Zone

Placed out of service in May 1947

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Named Kodiak (YF-866), 21 April 1965

Withdrawn from reserve and placed in service in the 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor, HI.

During the Vietnam War Kodiak participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 1 December 1968 to 22 February 1969	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 1 July 1970 to 30 July 1971
Tet/69 Counteroffensive 23 February to 30 April 1969	Consolidation I 1 July to 30 November 1971
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 1 July to 31 October 1969	Consolidation II 1 December 1971 to 29 March 1972
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970	Vietnam Ceasefire 30 March to 30 April 1972
Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May to 30 June 1970

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 February 1985

Final Disposition, disposed of as a target during fleet exercises, 22 July 1988

Kodiak earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 160 t.
Length 133'
Beam 31'
Draft 9' (max)
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 11
Armament unknown
Complement 1 officer 10 enlisted
Propulsion diesel, twin screws

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
92k	Kodiak (YF-866) underway, date and location unknown.	Virginian-Pilot
90k	Kodiak (YF-866) moored alongside Brule (T-AKL-28) at Nha Be, South Vietnam, June 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
83k	Kodiak (YF-866) moored alongside Brule (T-AKL-28) at Nha Be, South Vietnam, June 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
195k	Kodiak (YF-866) moored at Nha Be, South Vietnam, October 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
95k	Kodiak (YF-866) moored at Nha Be, South Vietnam, October 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
86k	Kodiak (YF-866) moored at Nha Be, South Vietnam, October 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
132k	Kodiak (YF-866) working the anchors of *APL-30* at Nha Be, circa March 1972.	© Richard Leonhardt
72k	Kodiak (YF-866) at Nha Be, South Vietnam, February 1972.	© Richard Leonhardt
844k	Kodiak (YF-866), *YFU-57* and *YFU-59* at Nha Be, South Vietnam, 5 February 1972.	© Richard Leonhardt
209k	Kodiak (YF-866), *YFR-888, Kittaton* (YTM-406) and an unidentified tug laid up at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, circa 1981. Note that "YF-888" has been photo shopped onto the stern of *Kodiak*.	Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.