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Lam Giang

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Hát Giang (ex-L9012, ex-T-LSM335, ex-LSM335)	HQ400		Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	7/1944	10.11.1944	12.1944 // 12.1955	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Western Samar)
Hàn Giang (ex-L9011, ex-LSM110)	HQ401		Brown SB, Houston, USA	10/1944	28.10.1944	11.1944 // 12.1955	escaped to Philippines 4.1975, BU
Lam Giang (ex-L9019, ex-LSM226)	HQ402		Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1944	9.1944 // 10.1956	scuttled 2.5.1975
Ninh Giang (ex-L9051, ex-LSM85)	HQ403		Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	10.1944 // 10.1956	captured by North Vietnam 30.4.1975 (Ninh Giang)
Hương Giang (ex-Oceanside, ex-LSM175)	HQ404		Charleston N Yd, USA	7/1944	3.8.1944	9.1944 // 8.1961	escaped to Philippines 4.1975 (Batanes)
Tiền Giang (ex-LSM313)	HQ405		Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	3/1944	24.5.1944	6.1944 // 6.1962	captured by North Vietnam 30.4.1975 (Tiền Giang)
Hậu Giang (ex-LSM276)	HQ406		Federal, Newark, USA	1944	1944	10.1944 // 6.1965	scuttled 5.1975, to North Vietnam (Hậu Giang)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	520
Displacement full, t	1095
Length, m	59.9 wl 62.0 oa
Breadth, m	10.5
Draught, m	landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	2800
Max speed, kts	12.5 - 13.2
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4900 (12)
Armament	1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Military load	5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	73

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Project history

Former USN LCM1 class medium landing ships, HQ400 and 401 fitted as LSM(H) (landing ship medium, hospital). First four ship were transferred by France, last three by USA.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.