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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

Point patrol boats (1960-1962/1975)

1975

Names

up to 25 units

Builders

USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA: up to 25 units

Commissioned

1960-1962 // 1975: up to 25 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: up to 25 units

 

Displacement standard, t

66 - 67 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

23.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or 1 x (1 - 12.7/90 + 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar)

Electronic equipment SPS-23 radar

Complement

10

Project history: Former USCG 82ft cutters, transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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