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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

CCB craft (1944-1945/1975)

Names

7 units

Builders

USA: 7 units

Commissioned

1944-1945 // 1975: 7 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s: 7 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

80

Length, m

18.6

Breadth, m

5.34

Draught, m

1.04

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

8.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 40/10 M18 grenade launchers

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

11

Project history: Command and control boats (CCB). Presumably converted from LCM(6) landing craft. Transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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