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EDM1 landing craft, mechanized (1942-1945/1971)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

EDM1 - 4

USA: EDM1-4

1943-1945 // 1971: EDM1-4

None

None

2005: EDM1-4



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

25

Displacement full, t56
Length, m

17.1

Breadth, m

4.33

Draught, m

1.17

No of shafts2
Machinery2 diesels
Power, h. p.450
Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)130(9)
Armament2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load

1 tank or 60 troops or 30.8 t of cargo

Complement5


Project history

LCM (Landing craft, mechanized), transferred from USN.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

None.