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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SRI LANGKAWI tank landing ships (1944-1945/1971-1976)

Sri Langkawi 1971

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
Sri Langkawi (ex-Hunterdon County, ex-AGP838, ex-LST838) A1500   American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA 9.1944 8.11.1944 12.1944 // 1.1.1971 deleted ~1983
Sri Banggi (ex-Henry County, ex-LST824) A1501 143 Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA 9.1944 8.11.1944 11.1944 // 7.10.1976 stricken 2000
Rajah Jarom (ex-Sedgwick County, ex-LST1123) A1502   Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA 11.1944 29.1.1945 2.1945 // 7.10.1976 stricken 9.1999

 

Displacement standard, t

1780

Displacement full, t

4080

Length, m

96.3 wl 100.0 oa

Breadth, m

15.2

Draught, m

landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

12.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil 590

Endurance, nm(kts) 24000 (9)

Armament

2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, helicopter deck

Military load

4 (sometimes 2 or 6) LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines

Electronic equipment

2x nav. radars

Complement

125

Project history: Former USN LST(2) tank landing ships.

Modernizations: 1990s, both survived: - 2 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 40/60; + 3 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350

Naval service: Since 1992 both survived ships were used for supporting of light forces.

Sri Langkawi 1976

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