Camarines Sur 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Camarines Sur (ex-Nguyễn Đức Bóng, ex-Botan, ex-LSSL129, ex-LCS(L)(3)129) | LF48 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 12.1944 | 13.12.1944 | 12.1944 // 11.1975 | stricken 1991 | |
Sulu (ex-Nguyễn Ngọc Long, ex-Shobu, ex-LSSL96, ex-LCS(L)96) | LF49 | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 12.1944 | 6.1.1945 | 1.1945 // 11.1975 | stricken 1991 | |
La Union (ex-Đoàn Ngọc Tang, ex-Hallebarde, ex-LSSL9, ex-LCS(L)(3)9) | LF50 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 7.1944 | 8.1944 | 9.1944 // 11.1975 | stricken 1991 |
Displacement standard, t |
250 |
Displacement full, t |
387 |
Length, m |
46.6 wl 48.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.21 |
Draught, m |
1.70 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
8 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
1600 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 76 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
5500 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90 |
Electronic equipment |
radar |
Complement | 71 |
Project history: Former South Vietnamese LCS(L)(3) class support craft, escaped from Saigon to Philippines in April 1975 and acquired in November.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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