Angthong 1950
Lanta 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
อ่างทอง [Angthong] (ex-LST294) | 1 | American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA | 10.1943 | 15.12.1943 | 1.1944 // 1947 | stricken 1985 | |
แ้ฟืเ [Chang] (ex-Lincoln County, ex-LST898, ex-T-LST898, ex-LST898) | 2, 1992- 712 | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 10.1944 | 25.11.1944 | 12.1944 // 8.1962 | stricken 2006 | |
ย้ฟืเเฟื [Phangan] (ex-Stark County, ex-LST1134) | 3, 1992- 713 | Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA | 12.1944 | 16.3.1945 | 4.1945 // 5.1966 | stricken 2008 | |
สฟืะฟ [Lanta] (ex-Stone County, ex-LST1141) | 4, 1992- 714 | Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA | 1.1945 | 18.4.1945 | 5.1945 // 8.1973 | stricken 2009 | |
ยพฟะ้นืเ [Prathong] (ex-Dodge County, ex-LST722) | 5, 1992- 715 | Jeffersonville, USA | 7.1944 | 21.8.1944 | 9.1944 // 12.1975 | stricken 2009 |
Displacement standard, t |
1625 |
Displacement full, t |
4080 |
Length, m |
96.3 wl 100.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
15.2 |
Draught, m |
landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
1800 |
Max speed, kts |
12.1 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 590 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 24000 (9) |
Armament |
1: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 2-5: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Military load |
4 LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines |
Electronic equipment |
1: SO-8 radar 2, 4, 5: SPS-5 radar 3: SPS-10 radar |
Complement |
80 - 157 |
Project history: Former US LST class tank landing ships. All had tripod masts (Angthong recieved it in Thai service).
Modernizations: 1960s, Anthong: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 8 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 2 - 40/60
1970s, Angthong, Phangan, Lanta, Prathong: + 2 x 1 - 20/85 GAM-B01
1970s, Chang: + 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
1990s, all: radar was replaced by Decca TM1229
Naval service: No significant events.
Chang 1967
Lanta 2002
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