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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

COMET vehicle landing ship (1958/1963)

Comet 1963

Comet 1979

Comet 1981

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
T-LSV7 Comet 601 Sun SB, Chester 15.5.1956 31.7.1957 24.1.1958 // 1.1963 vehicle cargo ship 1.1969

 

Displacement standard, t

7605

Displacement full, t

18286

Length, m

152.1

Breadth, m

23.8

Draught, m

8.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

13200

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

none

Military load 700 vehicles, cargo

Electronic equipment

TM1650 radar

Complement

73

Project history: Ro-Ro vehicle carrier T-AK269 built for MSTS by C3-ST-14A design. In 1963 she was reclassified as vehicle landing ship but in 1969 she became vehicle cargo ship T-AKR7.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Comet 1980

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