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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

ESCORTS

ĐỐNG ĐA II large patrol craft (1944/1961-1970)

Đống Đa II 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Đống Đa II (ex-Crestview, ex-PCE895) HQ07   Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA 12.1943 18.5.1944 10.1944 // 11.1961 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Sultan Kudarat)
Ngọc Hồi (ex-Brattleboro, ex-PCE(R)852) HQ12   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 10.1943 1.3.1944 5.1944 // 7.1966 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Miguel Malvar)
Van Kiếp II (ex-Amherst, ex-PCE(R)853) HQ14   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 11.1943 18.3.1944 6.1944 // 6.1970 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Datu Marikudo)

 

Displacement standard, t

795

Displacement full, t

903

Length, m

54.9 wl 56.2 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts) 8500 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 AWSRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SO radar, QHA sonar

Complement 90

Project history: Former US patrol escorts (PCE), two of which were fitted as rescue ships (PCE(R)).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In April 1975 after the fall of Saigon all three ships escaped to Philippines.

Ngọc Hồi 1971

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