Prab 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| ยพฟิ [Prab] (ex-LCI(M)670, ex-LCI(L)670) | 1, 1992- 741 | George Lawley, Neponset, USA | 3.1944 | 28.3.1944 | 4.1944 // 10.1946 | stricken 2012 | |
| หฟะะฟาีะ [Sattakut] (ex-LCI(M)739, ex-LCI(G)739, ex-LCI(L)739) | 2, 1992- 742 | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA | 1.1944 | 27.2.1944 | 3.1944 // 5.1947 | stricken 2012 |
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Displacement standard, t |
209 |
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Displacement full, t |
385 |
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Length, m |
46.6 wl 48.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.21 |
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Draught, m |
at landing 0.86 fore, 1.60 aft |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
8 General Motors diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2320 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 110 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
8000 (12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
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Electronic equipment |
presumably SO or SCR-517A radar |
| Military load |
209 marines of 75 t of cargo |
| Complement |
29 |
Project history: Former US LCI(L) class landing craft infantry, large. They were configured as mortar landing support craft but converted to standard landing craft by Thai Navy before commission.
Modernizations: 1992, Prab: - old radar; + 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, Raytheon 1500B Pathfinder radar
1995, Satakut: - old radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, Raytheon 1500B Pathfinder radar
Naval service: Prab was used as pontoon since 1980 but later reinstated as landing ship after refit.
Prab 1970s
Prab 1998
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