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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (VIETNAM)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

TRẦN KHÁNH DƯ tank landing ships (1944/1975)

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

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