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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ДТ-55 [DT-55] (ex-Кенга [Kenga], ex-第137号輸送艦 [137-go]), 3.1949- ДК-55 [DK-55]			Kawanami Kogyo, Japan	6/1944	20.7.1944	8.1944 // 7.1948	cargo vessel 4.1958

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate ДТ-55 [DT-55] (ex-Кенга [Kenga], ex-第137号輸送艦 [137-go]), 3.1949- ДК-55 [DK-55]     Kawanami Kogyo, Japan 6/1944 20.7.1944 8.1944 // 7.1948 cargo vessel 4.1958

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	870
Displacement normal, t	1020
Length, m	72.0 pp 75.0 wl 80.5 oa
Breadth, m	9.10
Draught, m	2.94
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers
Power, h. p.	2500
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(14)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 4 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 9 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 DCT (12)
Military load	14 7t tanks or 9 15t tanks or 7 2-shiki amphibious tanks or 218t of cargo or 320 marines or 120 marines and 67t of cargo
Electronic equipment	3-shiki 1-go radar
Complement	90

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Project history

Japanese SBT type tank landing ship transferred by reparations.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.