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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

LCU1466 small landing ships (1953-1954/1975)

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