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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

LCM MONITOR craft (1944-1945/1975)

Names

21 units

Builders

USA: 21 units

Commissioned

1944-1945 // 1975: 21 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 21 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

75

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

5.19

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, (2 - 4) x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar or 2 M108 flamethrowers

Complement

10

Project history: 24 LCM(6) landing craft were converted to monitors in 1964-1967, 22 were transferred to South Vietnam in 1965-1970. Transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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