Hengam 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
إنقم، إنجم [Hengam] (ex-LSIL9037, ex-LSIL768, ex-LCI(L)768) | 41 | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 5.1944 | 6.1944 | 6.1944 // 1957 | stricken early 1970s | |
لرك [Larak] (ex-LSIL9036, ex-LSIL710, ex-LCI(L)710) | 42 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 7.1944 | 7.1944 | 7.1944 // 12.1958 | stricken mid-1970s |
Displacement standard, t |
209 |
Displacement full, t |
385 |
Length, m |
46.6 wl 48.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.21 |
Draught, m |
at landing 0.86 fore, 1.60 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
8 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2320 |
Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 110 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
8000 (12) |
Armament |
5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Electronic equipment |
presumably SO or SCR-517A radar |
Military load |
209 marines of 75 t of cargo |
Complement |
29 |
Project history: US LCI(L) class infantry landing craft, large, transferred to Iran under MDAP after service under French flag.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016