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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

pr. 1785 landing craft (1962-1974/1979)

1980

Names

27 units

Builders

USSR: 27 units

Commissioned

1962 - 1974 // 1979: 27 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2000s-2010s: 17 units

in service (2019): 10 units

 

Displacement standard, t

39

Displacement normal, t

80

Length, m

19.7

Breadth, m

4.91

Draught, m

1.36

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 3D6 diesels

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

7.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

290(7.8)

Armament

none

Military load

1 MBT or 20 troops

Electronic equipment radar (on some)

Complement

4

Project history: Soviet project 1785, equivalent to the US LCM, but larger and more seaworthy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019