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MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

BANGKEO motor coastal minesweepers (1943/1947)

Ladya 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ลาดหญ้า [Ladya] (ex-YMS334) 2   Seattle SB, USA 6.1942 24.10.1942 3.1943 // 1947 stricken 1964
บางแก้ว [Bangkeo] (ex-YMS138) 3   Astoria Marine, USA 8.1942 17.4.1943 6.1943 // 1947 stricken 1964
ท่าดินแดง [Ta Din Daeng] (ex-YMS353) 4   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA 1.1943 20.5.1943 11.1943 // 1947 stricken 1965

 

Displacement standard, t

270

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

39.6 wl 41.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic sweeping gear

Electronic equipment

presumably SF or SO or SU radar

Complement

60

Project history: Former US YMS type coastal minesweepers. Wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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