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MYANMAR NAVY (MYANMAR)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LCU1626 utility landing craft (1967)

Aiyar Lulin 1985

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
LCU1626, 1980- အယရ္လုလိန္ [Aiyar Lulin] 603   Southern SB, Rangoon   1963 6.1967 in service (2019)
  1611   Yangon N Yd     2005 in service (2019)
  1612   Yangon N Yd     2013 in service (2019)
  1613   Yangon N Yd     2013 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

192

Displacement full, t

342

Length, m

38.9 wl 41.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.00

Draught, m

2.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(8)

Armament

603: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

1612: 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 170 t of cargo or 400 troops

Electronic equipment 1612: radar
Complement 14

Project history: USN LCU, built in Rangoon under MDAP. Used as transport. Other ships were built in Myanmar as copies.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Aiyar Lulin 1990

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