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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

MONITOR type patrol craft (1944-1945/1969-1970)

Names

42 boats, presumably HQ6500-...

Builders

USA: 42 boats

Commissioned

1944-1945 // 1969-1970: 42 boats

Losses

unknown

42 boats (to North Vietnam 1975)

Transfers

none

Discarding

unknown

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

80 - 90

Length, m

18.5

Breadth, m

5.34

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 105/22 M101A1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 3 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 1 - 40/10 M18 grenade launchers

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

11

Project history: River monitors (MON), presumably converted from LCM(6) hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

1970

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