Trần Khánh Dư 1975
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Trần Khánh Dư (ex-Đà Nẵng, ex-Maricopa County, ex-LST938) | HQ-501 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 7.1944 | 15.8.1944 | 9.1944 // 29.4.1975 | in service (2019) | |
Vũng Tàu (ex-Cochino County, ex-LST603) | HQ-503 | Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA | 11.1943 | 14.3.1944 | 4.1944 // 4.1975 | stricken 2016 | |
Qui Nhơn (ex-Bulloch County, ex-LST509) | HQ-504 | Jeffersonville, USA | 10.1943 | 23.11.1943 | 1.1944 // 4.1975 | stricken 2016 |
Displacement standard, t |
1780 |
Displacement full, t |
4080 |
Length, m |
96.3 wl 100.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
15.2 |
Draught, m |
landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Motors 12-567A diesels |
Power, h. p. |
1700 |
Max speed, kts |
11 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 590 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 24000 (9) |
Armament |
HQ-501, 503: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 HQ-504: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Military load |
4 (sometimes 2 or 6) LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-53 radar |
Complement |
110 |
Project history: Former USN LST(2) type tank landing ships, transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army in 1975.
Modernizations: late 1980s: Vũng Tàu: - 2 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 40/60, 12 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11M
late 1980s, Qui Nhơn: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 5 x 1 - 40/60, 12 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11M
Naval service: No significant events.
Trần Khánh Dư 2000
© Ivan Gogin, 2019