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ROYAL SIAMESE / THAI NAVY (SIAM / THAILAND)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

KUT medium landing ships (1944-1945/1946-1962)

Kut 1946

Kram 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
เกาะกูด [Kut] (ex-LSM333) 1, 1992- 731   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 6/1944 13.10.1944 11.1944 // 10.1946 sunk as target 17.9.2006
เกาะไผ่  [Phai] (ex-LSM338) 2   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 8/1944 5.12.1944 1.1945 // 10.1946 stricken 1990
เกาะคราม [Kram] (ex-LSM469) 3, 1992- 732   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 3.1945 // 5.1962 sunk as target 2.2003

 

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

Sensors

SO-8 or SPS-5 radar

Complement 60

Project history: Former LSM1 class medium landing ships. Kram was transferred under MAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Phai 1970s

Kut 1998

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