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CUBAN NAVY (CUBA)

AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT

project 709 landing craft (1960s/1990)

Names

2 units

Builders

Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej, Gdynia, Poland: 2 units

Commissioned

1962-65 // 1990: 2 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: 2 units

 

Displacement standard, t

28

Displacement full, t

60

Length, m

16.5

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Wola diesels

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(8)

Armament

none

Military load

40 troops, 5 t of cargo

Complement

3

Project history: Polish project 709, transferred after service under Polish flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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