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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

Swift coastal patrol craft (1965-1967/1975)

Names

up to 99 units

Builders

Sewart Seacraft, Berwick, USA: up to 99 units

Commissioned

1965-1967 // 1975: up to 99 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: up to 99 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.00

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71N diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

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

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

6

Project history: US Swift Mk 1 and Mk 2 patrol boats, transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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