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LCVP type landing craft (1954)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

LCVP: 45 craft

Japan: 45 craft

1954: 45 craft

none

none

early 1970s: 25 craft

1980s: 20 craft



Technical data


Displacement standard, t9
Displacement full, t13
Length, m

11.2

Breadth, m

3.20

Draught, m

0.92

No of shafts2
Machinery2 diesels
Power, h. p.220 - 450
Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)850(6)
Armament2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load36 troops or 1 light tank or 3.7 t of cargo
Complement3


Standard scale images


LCVP 1960
LCVP 1960


Project history

45 craft were built in Japan under MDAP.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.