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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

BD-1 tank landing craft (1942-1943/1951-1952)

BDŚ-50 1953

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
BD-1, 1952- BDŚ-50, 1956- ODŚ-50 50   USA     1942-1943 // 4.1951 stricken 4.1960
BD-3, 1952- BDŚ-51, 1956- ODŚ-51 51   USA     1942-1943 // 6.1951 stricken 4.1960
BD-4, 1952- BDŚ-52, 1956- ODŚ-52 52   USA     1942-1943 // 8.1951 stricken 1.1959
BD-5, 1952- BDŚ-53, 1956- ODŚ-53 53   USA     1942-1943 // 11.1951 stricken 4.1960
BD-6, 1952- BDŚ-54, 1956- ODŚ-54 54   USA     1942-1943 // 1951 stricken 12.1957
BD-7, 1952- BDŚ-55, 1956- ODŚ-55 55   USA     1942-1943 // 1951 stricken 1.1959
BD-2, 1952- BDŚ-56, 1956- ODŚ-56 56   USA     1942-1943 // 5.1952 stricken 4.1960
BDŚ-57, 1956- ODŚ-57 57   USA     1942-1943 // 6.1952 stricken 12.1957
BDŚ-58, 1956- ODŚ-58 58   USA     1942-1943 // 6.1952 stricken 1.1959
BDŚ-59, 1956- ODŚ-59 59   USA     1942-1943 // 8.1952 stricken 4.1960
BDŚ-60, 1956- ODŚ-60 60   USA     1942-1943 // 8.1952 stricken 12.1957
  

Displacement standard, t

143

Displacement full, t

286

Length, m

32.0 wl 34.8 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing 0.86 fore, 1.27 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200 (7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 or (1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90)

Military load 4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 150 t of cargo
Complement 11

Project history: 11 former British LCT(5) tank landing craft were purchased from British Administration in Bremerhaven 17.12.1946 and commissioned in 1950 after repair.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016