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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

ATC craft (1969/1975)

Names

63 units

Builders

USA: 63 units

Commissioned

1969 // 1975: 63 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s: 63 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

66

Length, m

20.0

Breadth, m

5.34

Draught, m

0.99

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

8.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

(1 - 2) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, (0 - 4) x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 40/10 M18 grenade launchers

Military load troops

Electronic equipment

none

Complement

 

Project history: Armoured troop carriers (ATC). Some were fitted with steel helicopter platforms for evacuation of wounded. Transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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