Utility Boats (YFU)
Almost all these vessels were LCUs converted for use as in-district runabouts. If anyone can fill any of the gaps, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 25 April 2015.
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | 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 | ||||||
| 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 |