Isabela 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Isabela (ex-T-LSM463, ex-LSM463) | L41, 1965- LP41 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1/1945 | 3.2.1945 | 3.1945 // 3.1961 | deleted 1989 | |
Batanes (ex-LSM236) | L42, 1965- LP42 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 9.1944 // 3.1961 | wrecked 6.1971 | |
Batanes (ex-Huong Giang, ex-Oceanside, ex-LSM175) | LP65 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 7/1944 | 3.8.1944 | 9.1944 // 11.1975 | deleted 1989 | |
Western Samar (ex-Hat Giang, ex-T-LSM335, ex-LSM335) | LP66 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 7/1944 | 10.11.1944 | 12.1944 // 11.1975 | deleted 1989 | |
Mindoro Oriental (ex-LSM320) | L43, 1965- LP68 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 8.1944 // 4.1962 | deleted 1989 |
Displacement standard, t |
520 |
Displacement full, t |
1095 |
Length, m |
59.9 wl 62.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
Draught, m |
landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2800 |
Max speed, kts |
12.5 - 13.2 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4900 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Military load |
5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines |
Electronic equipment | SPS-21D radar |
Complement | 60 |
Project history: Former USN LSM type landing ships. LP65 and 66 were acquired from South Vietnam.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Batanes ran aground in 1971.
Batanes1962
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