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DT-55 landing transport (1945 / 1948)

103-go 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ÄÒ-55 [DT-55] (ex-Êåíãà [Kenga], ex-第137号輸送艦 [137-go]), 3.1949- ÄÊ-55 [DK-55]     Kawanami Kogyo, Japan 6/1944 20.7.1944 8.1944 // 7.1948 cargo vessel 4.1958

 

Displacement standard, t

870

Displacement normal, t

1020

Length, m

72.0 pp 75.0 wl 80.5 oa

Breadth, m

9.10

Draught, m

2.94

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2500(14)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 4 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 9 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 DCT (12)

Military load

14 7t tanks or 9 15t tanks or 7 2-shiki amphibious tanks or 218t of cargo or 320 marines or 120 marines and 67t of cargo

Electronic equipment 3-shiki 1-go radar

Complement

90

Project history: Japanese SBT type tank landing ship transferred by reparations.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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