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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

RPC craft (1965-1966/1975)

Names

27 units

Builders

Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA; Birchfield SB, Tacoma, USA: 27 units

Commissioned

1965-1966 // 1975: 27 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 27 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

16

Length, m

10.9

Breadth, m

3.14

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90 or 1 x 2 - 7.6/90, 1 x 2 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Complement

 

Project history: River patrol craft (RPC), predecessor to PBR type. Welded-steel hulls. Transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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