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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

PiLB40 type personnel and vehicle landing craft (1941-1944/1944-1945)

DB-51 1944

Names

ΔΑ-51 - 54 [DB-51 - 54] (ex-PiLB...)

ΔΑ-137 - 140 [DB-137 - 140] (ex-PiLB...)

Builders

Germany: DB51-54, 137-140

Commissioned

1941 - 1944 // 10.1944: DB-51 - 54

1941 - 1944 // 8.1945: DB-137 - 140

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1940s: DB51-54, 137-140

 

Displacement standard, t

30

Displacement full, t

50

Length, m

19.0

Breadth, m

5.93

Draught, m

0.75 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM or Kaelble or Daimler-Benz or Saurer diesels

Power, h. p.

172 or 180 or 136 or 150

Max speed, kts

8 - 9.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 1.5
Endurance, nm(kts) 415(8)

Armament

(1 - 2) x 1 - 7.9/79 or 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 or 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30 or 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Military load 40 t of cargo or 150 troops or 2 trucks
Complement 7

Project history: German landing craft. Former 4 boats were captured in actions, latter 4 were received from Finland as war reparations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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