NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
BD-1, 1952- BDŚ-50, 1956- ODŚ-50	50		USA			1942-1943 // 4.1951	stricken 4.1960
BD-3, 1952- BDŚ-51, 1956- ODŚ-51	51		USA			1942-1943 // 6.1951	stricken 4.1960
BD-4, 1952- BDŚ-52, 1956- ODŚ-52	52		USA			1942-1943 // 8.1951	stricken 1.1959
BD-5, 1952- BDŚ-53, 1956- ODŚ-53	53		USA			1942-1943 // 11.1951	stricken 4.1960
BD-6, 1952- BDŚ-54, 1956- ODŚ-54	54		USA			1942-1943 // 1951	stricken 12.1957
BD-7, 1952- BDŚ-55, 1956- ODŚ-55	55		USA			1942-1943 // 1951	stricken 1.1959
BD-2, 1952- BDŚ-56, 1956- ODŚ-56	56		USA			1942-1943 // 5.1952	stricken 4.1960
BDŚ-57, 1956- ODŚ-57	57		USA			1942-1943 // 6.1952	stricken 12.1957
BDŚ-58, 1956- ODŚ-58	58		USA			1942-1943 // 6.1952	stricken 1.1959
BDŚ-59, 1956- ODŚ-59	59		USA			1942-1943 // 8.1952	stricken 4.1960
BDŚ-60, 1956- ODŚ-60	60		USA			1942-1943 // 8.1952	stricken 12.1957

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	143
Displacement full, t	286
Length, m	32.0 wl 34.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.96
Draught, m	at landing 0.86 fore, 1.27 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)	1200 (7)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 or (1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90)
Military load	4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 150 t of cargo
Complement	11

Standard scale images

Project history

11 former British LCT(5) tank landing craft were purchased from British Administration in Bremerhaven 17.12.1946 and commissioned in 1950 after repair.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.