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QUESHM small landing ship (1944/1964)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
قوس [Queshm] (ex-LCU1431, ex-LCT1431) 47, 1976- 501   Bison SB, North Tonawanda, USA     9.1944 // 9.1964 sunk as target 1978


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

160 at landing

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

32.0 wl 36.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing: 1.09 fore, 1.22 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700 (7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

4 medium tanks or 150 t of cargo

Complement14


Standard scale images


<i>Queshm </i>1965
Queshm 1965


Project history

US LCT(6) class tank landing craft, transferred to Iran under MDAP.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.