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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