1975
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
(ex-HQ533, ex-L9076, ex-LCU1479) | HQ533 | Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ534, ex-L9089, ex-LCU1480) | HQ534 | Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ537, ex-L9087, ex-LCU1501) | HQ537 | San Francisco N Yd, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ538, ex-L9075, ex-LCU1503) | HQ538 | San Francisco N Yd, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ539, ex-L9088, ex-LCU1502) | HQ539 | San Francisco N Yd, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ540, ex-LCU1475) | HQ540 | Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ541, ex-LCU1477) | HQ541 | Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ542, ex-LCU1494) | HQ542 | Port Houston IW, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ543, ex-LCU1493) | HQ543 | Port Houston IW, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ546, ex-LCU1582) | HQ546 | USA | 1954 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ547, ex-LCU1481) | HQ547 | Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ548, ex-LCU1498) | HQ548 | Port Houston IW, USA | 1953 // 1975 | presumably deleted late 1980s | |||
(ex-HQ549, ex-LCU1484) | HQ551 | Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA | 1953 // 1975 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
180 |
Displacement full, t |
347 |
Length, m |
32.0 wl 35.1 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.4 |
Draught, m |
at landing: 0.84 fore 1.60 aft |
No of shafts |
3 |
Machinery |
3 Gray Marine diesels |
Power, h. p. |
675 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 11 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
1200(6) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 or 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 |
Military load |
4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 167 t of cargo or 300 troops |
Complement | 14 |
Project history: Former USN LCU1466 class landing craft, utility, received by South Vietnam from French Navy in 1955 and from USN in 1969-1970. Captured by Vietnam People's Army.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events. One craft is in service as on 2019 but her original hull number is really unknown.
© Ivan Gogin, 2019