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HÁT GIANG medium landing ships (1944/1955-1965)


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Lam Giang

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hát Giang (ex-L9012, ex-T-LSM335, ex-LSM335) HQ400   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 7/1944 10.11.1944 12.1944 // 12.1955 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Western Samar)
Hàn Giang (ex-L9011, ex-LSM110) HQ401   Brown SB, Houston, USA 10/1944 28.10.1944 11.1944 // 12.1955 escaped to Philippines 4.1975, BU
Lam Giang (ex-L9019, ex-LSM226) HQ402   Dravo, Wilmington, USA 1944 1944 9.1944 // 10.1956 scuttled 2.5.1975
Ninh Giang (ex-L9051, ex-LSM85) HQ403   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1944 1944 10.1944 // 10.1956 captured by North Vietnam 30.4.1975 (Ninh Giang)
Hương Giang (ex-Oceanside, ex-LSM175) HQ404   Charleston N Yd, USA 7/1944 3.8.1944 9.1944 // 8.1961 escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Batanes)
Tiền Giang (ex-LSM313) HQ405   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 3/1944 24.5.1944 6.1944 // 6.1962 captured by North Vietnam 30.4.1975 (Tiền Giang)
Hậu Giang (ex-LSM276) HQ406   Federal, Newark, USA 1944 1944 10.1944 // 6.1965 scuttled 5.1975, to North Vietnam (Hậu Giang)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t1095
Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

12.5 - 13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4900 (12)
Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines

Electronic equipmentradar
Complement73


Standard scale images


<i>Hat Giang </i>1960
Hat Giang 1960


Graphics


<i>Lam Giang</i>
Lam Giang
<i> Hát Giang</i>
Hát Giang


Project history

Former USN LCM1 class medium landing ships, HQ400 and 401 fitted as LSM(H) (landing ship medium, hospital). First four ship were transferred by France, last three by USA.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.