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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT

SAMANÁ tank landing craft (1943/1948)

Samaná 1950

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Samaná (ex-LCT...) LA2   USA     1943-44 // 1948 lost 1956

 

Displacement standard, t

143 at landing

Displacement full, t

286

Length, m

32.0 wl 34.8 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing 0.86 fore, 1.27 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200 (7)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load 4 medium tanks or 150 t of cargo
Complement 11

Project history: Former USN LCT(5) tank landing craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Samaná was lost in bad weather in 1956.

Samaná 1951

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