NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Liamone (ex-LST326)	L9000		Philadelphia N Yd, USA	11.1942	11.2.1943	2.1943 // 4.1946	stricken 1951
Laïta (ex-LST177)	L9001		Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA	2.1943	16.5.1943	6.1943 // 4.1946	stricken 7.1964
Orne (ex-LST508)	L9002		Jeffersonville, USA	9.1943	10.11.1943	1.1944 // 1.1947	stricken 2.1962
Vire (ex-LST347)	L9003		Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth, USA	11.1942	7.2.1943	2.1943 // 1.1948	stricken 1.1957
Rance (ex-LST(H)223, ex-LST223)	L9004		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	3.1943	24.8.1943	9.1943 // 3.1947	stricken 1962
Odet (ex-LST815)	L9005		Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA	8.1944	7.10.1944	10.1944 // 5.1948	stricken 8.1962
Chéliff (ex-LST874)	L9006		Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA	10.1944	25.11.1944	12.1944 // 1948	stricken 1969
Adour (ex-LST860)	L9007		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	9.1944	19.12.1944	1.1945 // 1949	stricken 1955
Golo (ex-LST973)	L9008		Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	11.1944	27.12.1944	1.1945 // 11.1951	stricken 1960

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1625
Displacement full, t	4080
Length, m	96.3 wl 100.0 oa
Breadth, m	15.2
Draught, m	landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	1800
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	24000 (9)
Armament	2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Military load	4 LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	111

Standard scale images

Project history

Former USN LST type landing ships, transferred under MDAP.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Adour was badly damaged through sinking 17.5.1951 at Nha Trang (Vietnam) but was repaired and later used as accommodation ship.