Krokodil 1965
Eidechse 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Krokodil (ex-LSM537) | L750 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 11.1945 // 5.9.1958 | stricken 12.1972 | |
| Eidechse (ex-LSM491) | L751 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 4.1945 // 5.9.1958 | stricken 3.1973 | |
| Salamander (ex-LSM553) | L752 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 2/1945 | 3.3.1945 | 9.1945 // 5.9.1958 | stricken 2.1969 | |
| Viper (ex-LSM558) | L753 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 4/1945 | 28.4.1945 | 11.1945 // 5.9.1958 | stricken 3.1969 |
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Displacement standard, t |
520 |
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Displacement full, t |
1095 |
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Length, m |
59.9 wl 62.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.5 |
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Draught, m |
landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 General Motors diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2800 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.5 - 13.2 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 196 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500 (12) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 |
| Military load |
5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines |
| Electronic equipment | radar |
| Complement | 60 |
Project history: Former USN LSM1 class medium landing ships, commissioned by Bundesmarine as Type 550. Krokodil was designed as a command and hospital craft and therefore received a helicopter platform over the stern and a new hinged bow-ramp while the folding doors were removed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Krokodil 1958
© Ivan Gogin, 2016