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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LA01 type air-cushion landing craft (1-GO) (1997-2003)

LA01 2000

 

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
LA2101 LA01   Textron, New Orleans, USA     11.1997 in service (2019)
LA2102 LA02   Textron, New Orleans, USA     2.1998 in service (2019)
LA2103 LA03   Textron, New Orleans, USA     11.2001 in service (2019)
LA2104 LA04   Textron, New Orleans, USA     3.2002 in service (2019)
LA2105 LA05   Textron, New Orleans, USA     3.2002 in service (2019)
LA2106 LA06   Textron, New Orleans, USA     2.2003 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

100

Displacement full, t

180

Length, m

24.7 hull 26.8 oa

Breadth, m

13.3 hull 14.3 oa

Draught, m

0.78 at rest, loaded / 0

No of shafts

2 shrouded airscrews + 4 centrifugal lift fans

Machinery

4 Avco TF40B gas turbines (2 for propulsion, 2 for lift)

Power, h. p.

7910 + 7910

Max speed, kts

54 light, 40 loaded

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil 6.2

Endurance, nm(kts)

223(48) light 200(40) loaded

Armament

none

Electronic equipment LN-66 radar

Military load

180 troops or 60 t of cargo (75 t overload) + 24 troops

Complement

6

Project history: US LCAC, ordered for Osumi class LPDs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

LA03 2008

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