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REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM NAVY (SOUTH VIETNAM)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

HÀM TỪ II coastal minesweepers (1959-1960)

Hàm Tử  II 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Hàm Tử II HQ114   Stephens Bros, Stockton, USA     7.1959 deleted 1974
Chương Dương II HQ115   Stephens Bros, Stockton, USA     12.1959 deleted 1974
Bạch Đằng II HQ116   Stephens Bros, Stockton, USA     2.1960 wrecked 9.10.1970

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Sensors

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

39

Project history: US Bluebird class, transferred to South Vietnam under MAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Bạch Đằng II grounded 9.10.1970, was stripped and destroyed.

Chương Dương II 1971

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