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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

PBR Mk 2 craft (1966-1970/1975)

Names

275 units

Builders

United BB, Bellingham, USA: 275 units

Commissioned

1966-1970 // 1975: 275 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1988-1992: 275 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

6.5 - 7.1

Length, m

9.50 - 9.70

Breadth, m

3.20 - 3.60

Draught, m

0.60 - 0.80

No of shafts

2 water-jet pumps

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

432

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil 0.6

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 60/12 M19 mortar, 1 x 1 - 40/10 M19 grenade launcher

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

4

Project history: River patrol boats (PBR) with fiberglass (plastic) hulls, transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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