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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

ASPB craft (1967-1968/1975)

Names

58 units

Builders

Gunderson Marine, Portland, USA: 58 units

Commissioned

1967-1968 // 1975: 58 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s: 58 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

36

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

most: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 or (1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 2 - 12.7/90), 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 40/10 M18 grenade launchers

some: 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 or (1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 2 - 12.7/90), 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 40/10 M18 grenade launchers, 1 x (1 - 81/12 M29 mortar + 1 - 7.6/90)

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

6

Project history: Assault support patrol boats (ASPB) with welded-steel hulls. Transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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