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PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEFENCE FORCE MARITIME ELEMENT (PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

KOKUBA landing craft (1975)

Names

Kokuba

Kutuba

Kiapit

Kandep

Kuniawa

Kiunga

Kukipi

Builders

Australia: 7 units

Commissioned

1975: 7 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: 5 units

1998: 2 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

12

Length, m

12.0

Breadth, m

4.00

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Gardner diesels

Power, h. p.

150

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

none

Military load troops

Electronic equipment

none

Complement

 

Project history: Landing craft personnel. Bow ramp.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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