LSSL56 1950
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Arbaléte (ex-LSSL2, ex-LCS(L)(3)2) | L9021 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 5.1944 | 10.6.1944 | 7.1944 // 8.1950 | to USA 10.1954 | |
Arquebuse (ex-LSSL4, ex-LCS(L)(3)4) | L9022 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 7.1944 | 15.7.1944 | 8.1944 // 8.1950 | to USA 1955 | |
Hallebarde (ex-LSSL9, ex-LCS(L)(3)9) | L9023 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 7.1944 | 8.1944 | 9.1944 // 8.1950 | to USA 1955 | |
Javeline (ex-LSSL10, ex-LCS(L)(3)10) | L9024 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 8.1944 | 19.8.1944 | 9.1944 // 8.1950 | to USA 1955 | |
Pertuisane (ex-LSSL28, ex-LCS(L)(3)28) | L9025 | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 7.1944 | 19.8.1944 | 9.1944 // 8.1950 | to USA 1955 | |
Étendard (ex-LSSL35, ex-LCS(L)35) | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 8.1944 | 17.9.1944 | 10.1944 // 3.1953 | to USA 1957 | ||
Oriflamme (ex-LSSL65, ex-LCS(L)(3)65) | Albina, Portland, USA | 10.1944 | 14.11.1944 | 12.1944 // 6.1953 | to USA 1957 | ||
Rapière (ex-LSSL80, ex-LCS(L)(3)80) | L6026 | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 10.1944 | 7.11.1944 | 11.1944 // 8.1950 | to USA 1955 | |
Framée (ex-LSSL105, ex-LCS(L)(3)105) | L6027 | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 1.1945 | 17.2.1945 | 3.1945 // 12.1953 | to USA 1957 |
Displacement standard, t |
250 |
Displacement full, t |
387 |
Length, m |
46.6 wl 48.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.21 |
Draught, m |
1.70 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
8 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2320 |
Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 76 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
5500 (12) |
Armament |
L9021-9025, 6026: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 10 x 1 - 127 Mk 7 RL Étendard, Oriflamme: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 10 x 1 - 127 Mk 7 RL L6027: 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 10 x 1 - 127 Mk 7 RL |
Electronic equipment |
presumably SG or SU radar |
Complement | 71 |
Project history: Former USN LCG(L)(3) type fire support ships, transferred for war in South Asia.
Modernizations: None
.Naval service: After being returned to USN, all ships were immediately transferred to South Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015