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Intrepid 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Endurance (ex-Holmes County, ex-LST836)	201		American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA	11.9.1944	29.10.1944	25.11.1944 // 1.7.1971	stricken 1998
Excellence (ex-T-LST629, ex-LST629)	202		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	13.4.1944	8.7.1944	28.7.1944 // 4.6.1976	stricken 11.2000
Intrepid (ex-T-LST579, ex-LST579)	203	104	Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA	4.5.1944	22.6.1944	21.7.1944 // 4.6.1976	stricken 11.2000
Resolution (ex-T-LST649, ex-LST649)	204		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	19.7.1944	6.10.1944	26.10.1944 // 4.6.1976	stricken 1993
Persistence (ex-T-LST613, ex-LST613)	205		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	28.1.1944	6.5.1944	22.5.1944 // 4.6.1976	stricken 1998
Perseverance (ex-T-LST623, ex-LST623)	206		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	3.1944	12.6.1944	21.6.1944 // 4.6.1976	stricken 1992

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1653
Displacement full, t	4080
Length, m	96.3 wl 100.0 oa
Breadth, m	15.2
Draught, m	landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors 12-567A diesels
Power, h. p.	1800
Max speed, kts	12.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	24000 (9)
Armament	201: 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3 202: 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, helicopter deck 203-206: 1 x 1 - 4.60 Mk 3
Military load	2 LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines
Electronic equipment	Decca 626 radar
Complement	91 - 125

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Project history

Former USN LST Mk 2 tank landing ships. Three more ships, T-LST276, LST532 Chase County and T-LST117 were also transferred to Singapore but sold commercially before entering naval service.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.