Ipopliarchos Kristalidis 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Υποπλοίαρχος Γρηγορόπουλος [Ipopliarchos Grigoropoulos] (ex-LSM45) | L161 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 6/1944 | 30.6.1944 | 7.1944 // 11.1958 | stricken 4.1993 | |
Υποπλοίαρχος Τουρνάς [Ipopliarchos Tournas] (ex-LSM102) | L162 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 11.1944 // 11.1958 | stricken 1990 | |
Υποπλοίαρχος Δανιόλος [Ipolpiarchos Daniolos] (ex-LSM227) | L163 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 7/1944 | 9.9.1944 | 10.1944 // 11.1958 | stricken 4.1993 | |
Υποπλοίαρχος Ρουσσέν [Ipopliarchos Roussen] (ex-LSM399) | L164 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 12/1944 | 16.1.1945 | 8.1945 // 11.1958 | stricken 2003 | |
Υποπλοίαρχος Κρυσταλλίδης [Ipopliarchos Krystallidis] (ex-LSM541) | L165 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 12.1945 // 10.1958 | stricken 5.2000 | |
Υποπλοίαρχος Μέρλιν [Ipolpliarchos Merlin] (ex-LSM557) | L166 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 3/1945 | 10.4.1945 | 10.1945 // 10.1958 | collision 15.11.1972 |
Displacement standard, t |
520 |
Displacement full, t |
1095 |
Length, m |
59.9 wl 62.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
Draught, m |
landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2800 |
Max speed, kts |
12.5 - 13.2 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4900 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Military load |
5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines |
Electronic equipment | nav. radar |
Complement | 60 |
Project history: Former USN LSM class ships.
Modernizations:
None.Naval service: Ipopliarchos Merlin sunk 15.11.1972 in 3nm S of Piraeus after collision with supertanker World Hero.
Ipopliarchos Krystallidis 1979
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