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Names |
22 boats, presumably HQ1800-... |
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Builders |
USA: 22 boats |
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Commissioned |
1944-1945 // 1965-1970: 22 boats |
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Losses |
unknown 22 boats (to North Vietnam 1975) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
unknown |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
75 |
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Length, m |
18.3 |
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Breadth, m |
5.19 |
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Draught, m |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, (2 - 4) x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar or 2 M108 flamethrowers |
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Complement |
10 |
Project history: 24 LCM(6) landing craft were converted to monitors in 1964-1967, 22 were transferred to South Vietnam in 1965-1970.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
1970
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