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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

YORIKUTEI medium landing ship (1944 / 1958)

Yorikutei 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ヨリクティ [Yorikutei] (ex-L9013, ex-LSM125) LSM3001   Brown SB, Houston, USA 11/1944 25.11.1944 12.1944 // 1958 deleted 1974

 

Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t

1095

Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

12.5 - 13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4900 (12)

Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines

Electronic equipment SO or SU radar
Complement 60

Project history: Former USN medium landing ship, transferred to France for use in Vietnam and later passed on to Japan.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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