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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

CAM RANH tank landing ships (1944-1945/1962-1970)

Thi Nai 1970

Qui Nhơn 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cam Ranh (ex-Marion County, ex-LST975, ex-T-LST975, ex-LST975) HQ500   Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 12.1944 6.1.1945 2.1945 // 4.1962 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Zamboanga del Sur)
Đà Nẵng (ex-Maricopa County, ex-LST938) HQ501   Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 7.1944 15.8.1944 9.1944 // 7.1962 captured by North Vietnam 29.4.1975 (Trần Khánh Dư)
Thị Nại (ex-Cayuga County, ex-LST529) HQ502   Jeffersonville, USA 11.1943 17.1.1944 3.1944 // 12.1963 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Cotabato del Sur)
Vũng Tàu (ex-Cochino County, ex-LST603) HQ503   Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA 11.1943 14.3.1944 4.1944 // 4.1969 captured by North Vietnam 4.1975 (Vũng Tàu)
Qui Nhơn (ex-Bulloch County, ex-LST509) HQ504   Jeffersonville, USA 10.1943 23.11.1943 1.1944 // 4.1970 captured by North Vietnam 4.1975 (Qui Nhơn)
Nha Trang (ex-Jerome County, ex-LST848) HQ505   American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA 11.1944 21.12.1944 1.1945 // 4.1970 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Agusan del Sur)

 

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 diesels

Power, h. p.

1700

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 590

Endurance, nm(kts) 24000 (9)

Armament

HQ500, 501, 503, 505: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

HQ502, 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

radar

Complement

110

Project history: Former USN LST type tank landing ships. HQ500 and 502 had pole masts, others had lattice tripods.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Qui Nhơn 1971

Thi Nai

Đà Nẵng 1962

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