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17 DE JULIO utility landing craft (1957)


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Samaná 1972

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Samaná LA2, 1970- LDM302   Ast. Navales Dominicanos, Santo Domingo     1958 stricken 1990s
17 de Julio, 1962- Enriquillo LA3, 1970- LDM303   Ast. Navales Dominicanos, Santo Domingo   24.10.1957 1958 stricken 1975


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

150

Displacement full, t

310

Length, m

36.4

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

441

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 80

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

4 medium tanks or 150 t of cargo

Complement17


Standard scale images


LCT(5) 1950
LCT(5) 1950


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<i>Samaná </i>1972
Samaná 1972


Project history Domestic build landing craft, similar to USN LCT(5) but slightly larger. Modernizations

Domestic build landing craft, similar to USN LCT(5) but slightly larger. Modernizations: None.

Naval service

No significant events.