PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Ho Chun 1946
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| (ex-LCT512) | Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA | 9/1943 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949? | |||
| (ex-LCT515) | Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA | 9/1943 // 1946 | stricken 1986 | |||
| (ex-LCT849) | Kansas City Steel, USA | 8/1944 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949? | |||
| (ex-LCT892) | Darby Products, Kansas City, USA | 7/1944 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949? | |||
| (ex-LCT1143) | Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA | 5/1944 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949? | |||
| (ex-LCT1145) | Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA | 5/1944 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949? | |||
| (ex-LCT1171) | Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA | 6/1944 // 1946 | stricken 1986 | |||
| (ex-LCT1213) | Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA | 8/1944 // 1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949? |
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Displacement at landing, t |
160 |
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Displacement full, t |
309 - 320 |
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Length, m |
32.0 wl 36.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.96 |
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Draught, m |
at landing: 1.09 fore, 1.22 aft |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
Grey Marine diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
675 |
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Max speed, kts |
8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm (kts) |
700 (7) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon |
| Military load |
4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 150 t of cargo |
| Complement | 13 |
Ship project history: Former USN LCT(6) type, transferred to China after war. At least 15 craft of LCT(5) and LCT(6) types were transferred.
Modernizations:
None.Naval service: 10 - 11 boats went to Communist Chinese government, 6 craft escaped to Taiwan in 1949.
Ho Chun 1947
© Ivan Gogin, 2011