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LEBANESE NAVY (LEBANON)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SOUR small landing ship (1953/1958)

Sour 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
سور [Sour] (ex-LCU1474)     Island DYd, Kingston, USA     1953 // 11.1958 discarded 1980

 

Displacement standard, t

180

Displacement full, t

347

Length, m

32.0 wl 35.1 oa

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

at landing: 0.84 fore 1.60 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Gray Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 11

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200(6)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 or 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 167 t of cargo or 300 troops

Electronic equipment radar
Complement 14

Project history: Former USN LCU of LCU1466 class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sour 1968

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