Hat Giang 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Hát Giang (ex-L9012, ex-T-LSM335, ex-LSM335) | HQ400 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 7/1944 | 10.11.1944 | 12.1944 // 12.1955 | escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Western Samar) | |
Hàn Giang (ex-L9011, ex-LSM110) | HQ401 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 10/1944 | 28.10.1944 | 11.1944 // 12.1955 | escaped to Philippines 4.1975, BU | |
Lam Giang (ex-L9019, ex-LSM226) | HQ402 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 9.1944 // 10.1956 | scuttled 2.5.1975 | |
Ninh Giang (ex-L9051, ex-LSM85) | HQ403 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 10.1944 // 10.1956 | captured by North Vietnam 30.4.1975 (Ninh Giang) | |
Hương Giang (ex-Oceanside, ex-LSM175) | HQ404 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 7/1944 | 3.8.1944 | 9.1944 // 8.1961 | escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Batanes) | |
Tiền Giang (ex-LSM313) | HQ405 | Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA | 3/1944 | 24.5.1944 | 6.1944 // 6.1962 | captured by North Vietnam 30.4.1975 (Tiền Giang) | |
Hậu Giang (ex-LSM276) | HQ406 | Federal, Newark, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 10.1944 // 6.1965 | scuttled 5.1975, to North Vietnam (Hậu Giang) |
Displacement standard, t |
520 |
Displacement full, t |
1095 |
Length, m |
59.9 wl 62.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
Draught, m |
landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2800 |
Max speed, kts |
12.5 - 13.2 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4900 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Military load |
5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines |
Electronic equipment | radar |
Complement | 73 |
Project history: Former USN LCM1 class medium landing ships, HQ400 and 401 fitted as LSM(H) (landing ship medium, hospital). First four ship were transferred by France, last three by USA.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Lam Giang
Hát Giang
© Ivan Gogin, 2016