LT5 1963
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Names |
P80 LT1 P81 LT2 P82 LT3, 1972- P82 Towora P83 LT4 P84 LT5, 1972- P84 Alakush P85 LT6 P86 LT7 P87 LT8 P88 LT9 P89 LT10 |
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Builders |
Higgins, New Orleans, USA: LT1 - 10 |
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Commissioned |
1948: LT1 - 10 |
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Losses |
None |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1955: LT6 1959: LT10 1963: LT1 1965: LT2, 4, 9 1966: LT7, 8 1984: Towora, Alakush |
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Displacement normal, t |
36 |
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Displacement full, t |
50 |
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Length, m |
23.8 |
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Breadth, m |
6.40 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Packard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
42 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1000(20) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 - 533 TC |
| Electronic equipment | SO radar |
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Complement |
10 |
Project history: Higgins MTBs built specially for Argentina.
Modernizations: 1972, Towora, Alakush: - 4 - 533 TC; + 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 8 - 127 RL
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015