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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LCM8 landing craft (1950s/1991)

LCM(8)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
i     USA     1950s // 4.1991 stricken 2015
ii     USA     1950s // 4.1991 stricken 2015
iii     USA     1950s // 4.1991 stricken 2015
iv     USA     1950s // 4.1991 stricken 2015

 

Displacement standard, t

34

Displacement full, t

121

Length, m

22.4

Breadth, m

6.43

Draught, m

1.35 fwd, 1.47 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

590

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

150(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

150 troops or 60 t of cargo

Electronic equipment none

Complement

4 - 5

Project history: Former USN LCM(8) craft, transferred in April 1991 during US Navy disaster relief efforts. Aluminum construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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