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AL QIAQ utility landing craft (1976)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
القيق [Al Qiaq] 212   Newport SY, Newport, USA     1976 in service (2019)
السليل [Al Sulayel] 214   Newport SY, Newport, USA     1976 in service (2019)
الأولى [Al Ula] 216   Newport SY, Newport, USA     1976 in service (2019)
عفيف [Afif] 218   Newport SY, Newport, USA     1976 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

173
Displacement full, t

403
Length, m

41.1
Breadth, m

9.07
Draught, m

2.08
No of shafts

2
Machinery

4 General Motors 6-71 diesels
Power, h. p.

900
Max speed, kts

11
Fuel, t

diesel oil 13
Endurance, nm(kts)

1200(11)
Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Military load

4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 168 t of cargo or 400 troops
Electronic equipmentLN-66 radar
Complement14


Standard scale images


<i>Al Qiaq </i>1980
Al Qiaq 1980


Project history

USN LCU1646 class. 30.5x5.5m cargo deck and ramps fore and aft.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.