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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

LÊ PHƯỚC ĐỨC large patrol craft (1960-1970/1969-1970)

Lê Phước Đức 1970

Names

HQ700 Lê Phước Đức (ex-Point Leaugue, ex-WPB82304)

HQ701 Lê Văn Ngà (ex-Point Garnet, ex-WPB82310)

HQ702 Huỳnh Văn Đức (ex-Point Clear, ex-WPB82315)

HQ703 Nguyễn Đao (ex-Point Gammon, ex-WPB82328)

HQ704 Đào Thức (ex-Point Comfort, ex-WPB82317)

HQ705 Lê Ngọc Thanh (ex-Point Ellis, ex-WPB82330)

HQ706 Nguyễn Ngọc Thạch (ex-Point Slocum, ex-WPB82313)

HQ707 Đặng Văn Hoành (ex-Point Hudson, ex-WPB82322)

HQ708 Lê Đình Hùng (ex-Point White, ex-WPB82308)

HQ709 Trường Tiền (ex-Point Dume, ex-WPB82325)

HQ710 Phạm Ngọc Châu (ex-Point Arden, ex-WPB82309)

HQ711 Đào Văn Đặng (ex-Point Glover, ex-WPB82307)

HQ712 Lê Ngọc Ẩn (ex-Point Jefferson, ex-WPB82306)

HQ713 Huỳnh Văn Ngan (ex-Point Kennedy, ex-WPB82320)

HQ714 Trần Lo (ex-Point Young, ex-WPB82303)

HQ715 Bùi Viết Thành (ex-Point Partridge, ex-WPB82305)

HQ716 Nguyễn An (ex-Point Caution, ex-WPB82301)

HQ717 Nguyễn Hấn (ex-Point Welcome, ex-WPB82329)

HQ718 Ngô Văn Quyền (ex-Point Lomas, ex-WPB82321)

HQ719 Vân Điền (ex-Point Banks, ex-WPB82327)

HQ720 Hồ Đăng La (ex-Point Grace, ex-WPB82323)

HQ721 Đằm Thoại (ex-Point Mast, ex-WPB82316)

HQ722 Nguyễn Kim Hưng (ex-Point Orient, ex-WPB82319)

HQ723 Huỳnh Bộ (ex-Point Grey, ex-WPB82324)

HQ724 Hồ Duy (ex-Point Cypress, ex-WPB82326)

HQ725 Trương Ba (ex-Point Marone, ex-WPB82331)

Builders

USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA: HQ700-725

Commissioned

1960 // 1969: HQ700

1961 // 1969: HQ701, 702, 704, 706, 707

1962 // 1969: HQ703, 705

1960 // 1970: HQ711, 712, 714-716

1961 // 1970: HQ708-710, 713, 718-724

1962 // 1970: HQ717, 725

Losses

HQ702 (to Philippines 4.1975), HQ718 (to North Vietnam 4.1975)

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1970s: HQ700, 701, 703-717, 719-725

 

Displacement standard, t

66 - 67 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

23.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or 1 x (1 - 12.7/90 + 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar)

Electronic equipment SPS-23 radar

Complement

10

Project history: Former USCG 82ft cutters.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

1970

© Ivan Gogin, 2016