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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

HQ600 submarine chasers (1942-1943/1955)

HQ600 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(ex-Ch736, ex-GC7, ex-SC679) HQ601   Walter E. Abrams, Halesite, USA 3.1942 29.8.1942 12.1942 // 1955 deleted 1960
(ex-Ch737, ex-GC8, ex-SC1020) HQ600   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 8.1942 23.12.1942 5.1943 // 1955 deleted 1960

 

Displacement standard, t

110

Displacement full, t

138

Length, m

32.8 wl 33.8 oa

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

1.88 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts) 1500 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (34)

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU or SCR-517A or SW-1C radar, QC sonar

Complement 27

Project history: Former US SC 110ft type submarine chasers transferred to France in 1951 and later to Vietnam.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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