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MADAGASCAR NAVY (MADAGASCAR)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

AINA VAO VAO small landing ships (1965/1985)

Aina Vao Vao 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Aina Vao Vao (ex-EDIC9082)     C. N. Franco-Belges, Villeneuve la Garenne, France     6.1965 //27.9.1985 discarded 2009

 

Displacement standard, t

635

Displacement full, t

736

Length, m

59.0

Breadth, m

12.0

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MGO diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1800(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment radar
Military load

5 LVTs or 11 trucks

Complement

17

Project history: Former French EDIC type small landing ship (LCU).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events..

Aina Vao Vao 1999

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