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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

HQ535 small landing ships (1944/1955-1970)

HQ535 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
(ex-L9086, ex-LCT1221) HQ535   Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA     8.1944 // 1955 presumably lost 1975
(ex-L9074, ex-LCT1446) HQ536   Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA 1944 1944 10.1944 // 1955 presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1445, ex-LCT1445) HQ544   Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA     10.1944 // 1970 presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1442, ex-LCT1442) HQ545   Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA     10.1944 // 1970 presumably lost 1975

 

Displacement standard, t

160

Displacement full, t

309 - 320

Length, m

32.0 wl 36.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing: 1.09 fore, 1.22 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700 (7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 150 t of cargo

Complement 13

Project history: Former USN LCT(6) type tank landing craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Fate of ships is unknown.

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