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GUATEMALA NAVY (GUATEMALA)

AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT

CHINALTENANGO landing craft (1953-1965/1965)

Chinaltenango 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Chinaltenango (ex-74LCM...) E81   USA     1953-65 // 12.1965 deleted 1987

 

Displacement standard, t

34

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 diesels

Power, h. p.

1080

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

Electronic equipment presumably radar

Complement

4 - 5

Project history: Former USN LCM(8) type landing craft.

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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