CAM RANH tank landing ships (1944-1945/1962-1970)

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Qui Nhơn 1971

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cam Ranh (ex-Marion County, ex-LST975, ex-T-LST975, ex-LST975)	HQ500	Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	12.1944	6.1.1945	2.1945 // 4.1962	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Zamboanga del Sur)
Đà Nẵng (ex-Maricopa County, ex-LST938)	HQ501	Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	7.1944	15.8.1944	9.1944 // 7.1962	captured by North Vietnam 29.4.1975 (Trần Khánh Dư)
Thị Nại (ex-Cayuga County, ex-LST529)	HQ502	Jeffersonville, USA	11.1943	17.1.1944	3.1944 // 12.1963	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Cotabato del Sur)
Vũng Tàu (ex-Cochino County, ex-LST603)	HQ503	Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	11.1943	14.3.1944	4.1944 // 4.1969	captured by North Vietnam 4.1975 (Vũng Tàu)
Qui Nhơn (ex-Bulloch County, ex-LST509)	HQ504	Jeffersonville, USA	10.1943	23.11.1943	1.1944 // 4.1970	captured by North Vietnam 4.1975 (Qui Nhơn)
Nha Trang (ex-Jerome County, ex-LST848)	HQ505	American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA	11.1944	21.12.1944	1.1945 // 4.1970	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Agusan del Sur)

Displacement standard, t	1780
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.	1700
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	24000 (9)
Armament	HQ500, 501, 503, 505: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 HQ502, 504: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Military load	4 (sometimes 2 or 6) LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	110