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IRANIAN NAVY (IRAN)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

QUESHM small landing ship (1944/1964)

Queshm 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
قوس [Queshm] (ex-LCU1431, ex-LCT1431) 47, 1976- 501   Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA     9.1944 // 9.1964 sunk as target 1978

 

Displacement standard, t

160 at landing

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

32.0 wl 36.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing: 1.09 fore, 1.22 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700 (7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

4 medium tanks or 150 t of cargo

Complement 14

Project history: US LCT(6) class tank landing craft, transferred to Iran under MDAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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