Utility Boats (YFU)
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Most recent
update: April 25, 2011.
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Almost all these vessels were LCUs converted for use
as in-district runabouts. If
anyone can fill any of the gaps, please send your info to
timcolton@aol.com
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| Type |
# |
Shipbuilder |
Location |
Ft. |
Tons |
Built |
Disposition |
| Utility Boats (YFU) |
| YFU |
1 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 524, later YFB 86, to Paraguay 1977 |
| YFU |
2 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 529 |
| YFU |
3 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 550 |
| YFU |
4 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 562, scrapped 1976 |
| YFU |
5 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 592 |
| YFU |
6 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 600 |
| YFU |
7 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 629 |
| YFU |
8 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 644, sunk as target 1972 |
| YFU |
9 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 666 |
| YFU |
10 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 668 |
| YFU |
11 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 677 |
| YFU |
12 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 686 |
| YFU |
13 |
Quincy Bargebuilders |
Quincy IL |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 742 |
| YFU |
14 |
Mo Valley Bridge |
Leavenworth KS |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 764 |
| YFU |
15 |
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| YFU |
16 |
Mo Valley Bridge |
Leavenworth KS |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 788 |
| YFU |
17 |
Kansas City Steel |
Kansas City KS |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 840 |
| YFU |
18 |
Darby Products |
Kansas City KS |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 869, scrapped 1973 |
| YFU |
19 |
Darby Products |
Kansas City KS |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 877 |
| YFU |
20 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 960, struck 1970 |
| YFU |
21 |
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| YFU |
22 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 974 |
| YFU |
23 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 979 |
| YFU |
24 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 980 |
| YFU |
25 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1056 |
| YFU |
26 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1082 |
| YFU |
27 |
Quincy Bargebuilders |
Quincy IL |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1086 |
| YFU |
28 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1182 |
| YFU |
29 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1136 |
| YFU |
30 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1156 |
| YFU |
31 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1159 |
| YFU |
32 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1162 |
| YFU |
33 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1195 |
| YFU |
34 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1224 |
| YFU |
35 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1236 |
| YFU |
36 |
Quincy Bargebuilders |
Quincy IL |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1250 |
| YFU |
37 |
Mo Valley Bridge |
Leavenworth KS |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1283 |
| YFU |
38 |
Mo Valley Bridge |
Leavenworth KS |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1286 |
| YFU |
39 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1363, scrapped 1974 |
| YFU |
40 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1376 |
| YFU |
41 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1378 |
| YFU |
42 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1384 |
| YFU |
43 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1386 |
| YFU |
44 |
Mount Vernon Bridge |
Mount Vernon OH |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1398, scrapped 1978 |
| YFU |
45 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1411 |
| YFU |
46 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1430 |
| YFU |
47 |
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| YFU |
48 |
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| YFU |
49 |
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| YFU |
50 |
Island Dockyard |
Kingston NY |
115 |
180 |
1954 |
Ex-LCU 1486, reclassified as a boat 1985 |
| YFU |
51 |
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| YFU |
52 |
Quincy Bargebuilders |
Quincy IL |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 743, scrapped 1972 |
| YFU |
53 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1446, scrapped 1977 |
| YFU |
54 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 509 |
| YFU |
55 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 637, scrapped 1978 |
| YFU |
56 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 646, to the Khmer Republic 1972 |
| YFU |
57 |
Quincy Bargebuilders |
Quincy IL |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 709, to GSA 1976 |
| YFU |
58 |
Quincy Bargebuilders |
Quincy IL |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 716, scrapped 1973 |
| YFU |
59 |
Mount Vernon Bridge |
Mount Vernon OH |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 776, scrapped 1973 |
| YFU |
60 |
Darby Products |
Kansas City KS |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 851, scrapped 1973 |
| YFU |
61 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1943 |
Ex-LCU 916, struck 1989 |
| YFU |
62 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 973 |
| YFU |
63 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 989 |
| YFU |
64 |
Pidgeon Thomas IW |
Memphis TN |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1126 |
| YFU |
65 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1155 |
| YFU |
66 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1203 |
| YFU |
67 |
Bison Shipbuilding |
Buffalo NY |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1232, struck 1976 |
| YFU |
68 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1385, to the Khmer Republic 1972 |
| YFU |
69 |
Mare Island NSY |
Vallejo CA |
115 |
180 |
1944 |
Ex-LCU 1388 |
| YFU |
70 |
Island Dockyard |
Kingston NY |
115 |
180 |
1952 |
Ex-LCU 1492 |
| YFU |
71 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1967 |
Scrapped 1985 |
| YFU |
72 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1967 |
Scrapped 1985 |
| YFU |
73 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1967 |
To the Khmer Republic 1972 |
| YFU |
74 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1967 |
Sold 1986 |
| YFU |
75 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
Sold 1986 |
| YFU |
76 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
Sold 1984 |
| YFU |
77 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
To DoI 1985 |
| YFU |
78 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
Scrapped |
| YFU |
79 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
Now IX 514 |
| YFU |
80 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
Scrapped 1977 |
| YFU |
81 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
To Panama 2004 |
| YFU |
82 |
Pacific Coast Eng. |
Alameda CA |
115 |
180 |
1968 |
Served in Vietnam, later IX 506, struck 2002 |
| YFU |
83 |
Defoe Shipbuilding |
West Bay City MI |
134 |
220 |
1971 |
Scrapped 2005 |
| YFU |
84 |
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| YFU |
85 |
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| YFU |
86 |
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| YFU |
87 |
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| YFU |
88 |
Island Dockyard |
Kingston NY |
115 |
180 |
1954 |
Ex-LCU 1471, reclassed as boat 1972 |
| YFU |
89 |
Marietta Manufacturing |
Point Pleasant WV |
115 |
180 |
1954 |
Ex-LCU 1576, to GSA 1976 |
| YFU |
90 |
Kewaunee SB & E |
Kewaunee WI |
115 |
180 |
1954 |
Ex-LCU 1582, to Vietnam 1971 |
| YFU |
91 |
Bethlehem Steel |
Staten Island NY |
115 |
180 |
1957 |
Ex-LCU 1608, reefed 2003 |
| YFU |
92 |
Southern Shipbuilding |
Slidell LA |
135 |
172 |
1959 |
Ex-LCU 1620 |
| YFU |
93 |
Southern Shipbuilding |
Slidell LA |
135 |
172 |
1959 |
Ex-LCU 1625, scrapped 1979 |
| YFU |
94 |
Island Dockyard |
Kingston NY |
115 |
180 |
1954 |
Ex-LCU 1488, reclassed as boat 1972 |
| YFU |
95 |
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Reclassed as boat 1972 |
| YFU |
96 |
Bethlehem Steel |
Staten Island NY |
115 |
180 |
1957 |
Ex-LCU 1609, scrapped 1975 |
| YFU |
97 |
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| YFU |
98 |
Christy Corp. |
Sturgeon Bay WI |
135 |
172 |
1957 |
Ex-LCU 1615, sunk as target 1986 |
| YFU |
99 |
Southern Shipbuilding |
Slidell LA |
135 |
172 |
1959 |
Ex-LCU 1622, scrapped 1977 |
| YFU |
100 |
Christy Corp. |
Sturgeon Bay WI |
135 |
172 |
1957 |
Ex-LCU 1610, scrapped 2005 |
| YFU |
101 |
Christy Corp. |
Sturgeon Bay WI |
135 |
172 |
1957 |
Ex-LCU 1612, sunk as target 1986 |
| YFU |
102 |
Marinette Marine |
Marinette WI |
117 |
190 |
1969 |
Ex-LCU 1642, scrapped 2005 |