Liamone 1950
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Liamone (ex-LST326) | L9000 | Philadelphia N Yd, USA | 11.1942 | 11.2.1943 | 2.1943 // 4.1946 | stricken 1951 | |
Laïta (ex-LST177) | L9001 | Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA | 2.1943 | 16.5.1943 | 6.1943 // 4.1946 | stricken 7.1964 | |
Orne (ex-LST508) | L9002 | Jeffersonville, USA | 9.1943 | 10.11.1943 | 1.1944 // 1.1947 | stricken 2.1962 | |
Vire (ex-LST347) | L9003 | Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth, USA | 11.1942 | 7.2.1943 | 2.1943 // 1.1948 | stricken 1.1957 | |
Rance (ex-LST(H)223, ex-LST223) | L9004 | Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA | 3.1943 | 24.8.1943 | 9.1943 // 3.1947 | stricken 1962 | |
Odet (ex-LST815) | L9005 | Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA | 8.1944 | 7.10.1944 | 10.1944 // 5.1948 | stricken 8.1962 | |
Chéliff (ex-LST874) | L9006 | Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA | 10.1944 | 25.11.1944 | 12.1944 // 1948 | stricken 1969 | |
Adour (ex-LST860) | L9007 | Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA | 9.1944 | 19.12.1944 | 1.1945 // 1949 | stricken 1955 | |
Golo (ex-LST973) | L9008 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 11.1944 | 27.12.1944 | 1.1945 // 11.1951 | stricken 1960 |
Displacement standard, t |
1625 |
Displacement full, t |
4080 |
Length, m |
96.3 wl 100.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
15.2 |
Draught, m |
landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
1800 |
Max speed, kts |
11 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 590 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 24000 (9) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 |
Military load |
4 LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines |
Electronic equipment |
radar |
Complement |
111 |
Project history: Former USN LST type landing ships, transferred under MDAP.
Modernizations:
None.Naval service: Adour was badly damaged through sinking 17.5.1951 at Nha Trang (Vietnam) but was repaired and later used as accommodation ship.