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LCVP201 landing craft (1950s-1970s/1972-1994, 2017-2018)

LCVP 1975

Names

34 units

Builders

USA: 34 units

Commissioned

1940s // 1972: 8 units

1950s // 1973: 4 units

1950s // 1974: 4 units

1970s // 1980: 2 units

1970s // 1984: 2 units

1970s // 1987: 2 units

1970s // 1994: 4 units

2017: 4 units (new design)

2018: 4 units (new design)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1999: 2 units

2004: 8 units

2013: 4 units

2018: 4 units

in service (2019): 16 units

 

Displacement standard, t

9

Displacement full, t

13

Length, m

11.2

Breadth, m

3.20

Draught, m

0.92

No of shafts

2

Machinery

1 Gray Marine 64HN9 diesel

Power, h. p.

225

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

110(9)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load 36 troops or 1 light tank or 3.7 t of cargo

Complement

3

Project history: USN LCVP craft, transferred on board of four LSTs and later transferred to equip new LSTs. 8 units were built for LSTs of Bayraktar class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

LCVP from Osman Gazi 2011

? Ivan Gogin, 2018-19