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HQ538 1971

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
(ex-L9076, ex-LCU1479)	HQ533		Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA			1953 // 1955	presumably lost 1975
(ex-L9089, ex-LCU1480)	HQ534		Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA			1953 // 1955	presumably lost 1975
(ex-L9087, ex-LCU1501)	HQ537		San Francisco N Yd, USA			1953 // 1955	presumably lost 1975
(ex-L9075, ex-LCU1503)	HQ538		San Francisco N Yd, USA			1953 // 1955	presumably lost 1975
(ex-L9088, ex-LCU1502)	HQ539		San Francisco N Yd, USA			1953 // 1955	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1475)	HQ540		Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA			1953 // 1969	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1477)	HQ541		Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA			1953 // 1969	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1494)	HQ542		Port Houston IW, USA			1953 // 1970	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1493)	HQ543		Port Houston IW, USA			1953 // 1970	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1582)	HQ546		USA			1954 // 1970	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1481)	HQ547		Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA			1953 // 1970	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1498)	HQ548		Port Houston IW, USA			1953 // 1970	presumably lost 1975
(ex-LCU1484)	HQ549		Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, USA			1953 // 1970	presumably lost 1975

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	180
Displacement full, t	347
Length, m	32.0 wl 35.1 oa
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	at landing: 0.84 fore 1.60 aft
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Gray Marine diesels
Power, h. p.	675
Max speed, kts	8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 11
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(6)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 or 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load	4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 167 t of cargo or 300 troops
Complement	14

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Project history

Former USN LCU1466 class landing craft, utility, received from French Navy in 1955 and from USN in 1969-1970.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.