Utility Boats

(YFU)

Most recent update: April 25, 2011.

Almost all these vessels were LCUs converted for use as in-district runabouts.

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Builder Location LOA Tons Built Notes
Utility Boats (YFU)
YFU-1 Bison Shipbuilding Buffalo NY 115 180 1943 ex-LCU-524, 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
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
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
YFU-48
YFU-49
YFU-50 Island Dockyard Kingston NY 115 180 1954 ex-LCU-1486, reclassified as a boat 1985
YFU-51
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 later 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, IX-506, struck 2002
YFU-83 Defoe Shipbuilding West Bay City MI 134 220 1971 scrapped 2005
YFU-84
YFU-85
YFU-86
YFU-87
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 reclassed as boat 1972
YFU-96 Bethlehem Steel Staten Island NY 115 180 1957 ex-LCU-1609, scrapped 1975
YFU-97
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

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