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NAVY OF EL SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

LD02 landing craft (1987, 1950s/1996-2010)

LD02 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
  LD02, 2003- BD02   SeaArk, Monticello, USA     1.1987 in service (2019)
  LD03   SeaArk, Monticello, USA     1.1987 lost late 1990s
  LD04, 2003- BD04   USA     1950s // 5.1996 in service (2019)
  LD05, 2003- BD05   USA     1950s // 5.1996 in service (2019)
  BD06   USA     1950s // 2010 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

56

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

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

190(9)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

150 troops or 60 t of cargo

Complement

5

Project history: Former USN LCM(8) craft. First pair was transferred new by builder.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

BD04 2003

© Ivan Gogin, 2019