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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LCVP landing craft (1954)

LCVP 1960

Names

LCVP: 45 craft

Builders

Japan: 45 craft

Commissioned

1954: 45 craft

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1970s: 25 craft

1980s: 20 craft

 

Displacement standard, t

9

Displacement full, t

13

Length, m

11.2

Breadth, m

3.20

Draught, m

0.92

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

220 - 450

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

850(6)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load 36 troops or 1 light tank or 3.7 t of cargo

Complement

3

Project history: 45 craft were built in Japan under MDAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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