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36UB691-699 36UB6910 |
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Builders |
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Commissioned |
1969: 36UB691-699, 36UB6910 |
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Losses |
? |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1970s? |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
11.0 |
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Breadth, m |
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Draught, m |
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No of shafts |
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Machinery |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 40/12 M19 grenade launcher |
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Electronic equipment |
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Complement |
Project history: The SEALs were organised in about 1961. Initially they operated from special swimmer delivery craft, some of them prototypes of the riverine craft. Two LCMs were modified as heavily-armoured SEAL support boats (heavy SEAL support craft, or HSSCs) and modified LCPLs became medium SEAL support craft (MSSC). Requirements for replacements (a new MSSC and a light craft, the LSSC) were formally stated in December 1967. Both were modified commercial boats, armed with a variety of small guns on pintle mounts. The LSSC was derived from a commercial 26-footer modified as the STAB (SEAL team assault boat). They were later redesignated STABs (strike attack boats). In addition, ten 36ft MSSCs were bought in 1968.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Boats were actively used in Vietnam.
MSSC
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