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YF-866 Kodiak

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
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  • Withdrawn from reserve and placed in service in the 14th Naval District, Pearl Harbor, HI.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
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    YF-866 90k Kodiak (YF-866) moored alongside Brule (T-AKL-28) at Nha Be, South Vietnam, June 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
    YF-866 83k Kodiak (YF-866) moored alongside Brule (T-AKL-28) at Nha Be, South Vietnam, June 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
    YF-866 195k Kodiak (YF-866) moored at Nha Be, South Vietnam, October 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
    YF-866 95k Kodiak (YF-866) moored at Nha Be, South Vietnam, October 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
    YF-866 86k Kodiak (YF-866) moored at Nha Be, South Vietnam, October 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
    YF-866 132k Kodiak (YF-866) working the anchors of APL-30 at Nha Be, circa March 1972. © Richard Leonhardt
    YF-866 72k Kodiak (YF-866) at Nha Be, South Vietnam, February 1972. © Richard Leonhardt
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