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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

NINH GIANG medium landing ships (1944/1975)

Ninh Giang 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ninh Giang (ex-L9051, ex-LSM85) HQ-403   Brown SB, Houston, USA 22.8.1944 15.9.1944 12.10.1944 // 30.4.1975 deleted early 1990s
Tiền Giang (ex-LSM313) HQ-405   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 16.3.1944 24.5.1944 25.6.1944 // 30.4.1975 deleted early 1990s
Hậu Giang (ex-LSM276) HQ-406   Federal, Newark, USA 11.8.1944 20.9.1944 16.10.1944 // late 1975 deleted early 1990s

 

Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t

1095

Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

HQ403, 405: 2 Fairbanks-Morse 38D⅛ diesels

HQ406: 4 General Motors 278A diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

12.5 - 13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 160

Endurance, nm(kts) 4900 (12)

Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines

Electronic equipment radar
Complement 73

Project history: Former USN LSM1 class medium landing ships, transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army in 1975.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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