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LCAC100 air-cushion landing craft

 

very similar view of LCAC80

 

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
LCAC100     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2010 building (2018)
LCAC101     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2010 building (2018)
LCAC102     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2010 building (2018)
LCAC103     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2010 building (2018)
LCAC104     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2020 building (2018)
LCAC105     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2020 building (2018)
LCAC106     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2020 building (2018)
LCAC107     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2020 building (2018)
LCAC108     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2020 building (2018)
LCAC109     Textron, New Orleans 11.2014   2020 building (2018)

 

 

Displacement standard, t

101

Displacement full, t

181

Length, m

24.5 wl 28.0 oa

Breadth, m

13.3 wl 14.5 oa

Draught, m

1.42 at rest, loaded / 0

No of shafts

2 shrouded airscrews + 4 centrifugal lift fans

Machinery

4 Rolls-Royce MT7 gas turbines (2 for propulsion, 2 for lift)

Power, h. p.

20000

Max speed, kts

45 light, 35 loaded

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/92

Electronic equipment Furuno 2127 radar

Military load

70 t cargo, 26 troops

Complement

5

   

Project history: Planned replacement for LCAC with more powerful turbines. 74 units are planned to be commissioned in 2019-2031.

Modernizations: .

Naval service: .


LCAC100

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