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MATAPHON tank landing craft (1944/1946-1948)


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Talibong 2001

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
ทฟะฟย้นื [Mataphon] (ex-LCT1260) 8, 1992- 761   Quincy Bargebuiders, USA   29.7.1944 9.1944 // 10.1946 stricken 1984, recommissioned 1993, stricken 2011
ราวี [Rawi] (ex-LCT800) 9, 1992- 762   Mount Vernon Bridge, USA   14.6.1944 6.1944 // 10.1946 stricken 1984, recommissioned 1993, stricken 2011
หมู่เกาะอาดัง [Adang] (ex-LCT861) 10, 1992- 763   Darby Products, Kansas City, USA 1.1944 15.2.1944 2.1944 // 1946 stricken 1984, recommissioned 1993, stricken 2011
เภตรา [Phetra] (ex-LCT1089) 11, 1992- 764   Quincy Bargebuilders, USA   10.5.1944 6.1944 // 1948 stricken 1984, recommissioned 1993, stricken 2011
เกาะเหลื่อม [Khorum] (ex-LCT904) 12, 1992- 765   Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA 4.1944 13.5.1944 5.1944 // 1947 stricken 1984, recommissioned 1993, stricken 2011
ตะลิบง [Talibong] (ex-LCT753) 13, 1992- 766   Quincy Bargebuilders, USA   30.3.1944 5.1944 // 1947 stricken 1984, recommissioned 1993, stricken 2011


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

160

Displacement full, t

309 - 320

Length, m

32.0 wl 36.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.96

Draught, m

at landing: 1.09 fore, 1.22 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Grey Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

675

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

700 (7)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Military load

4 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 150 t of cargo

Complement13


Standard scale images


<i>Mataphon</i> 1947
Mataphon 1947


Graphics


<i>Talibong</i> 2001
Talibong 2001


Project history

Former USN LCT(6)-type craft.

Modernizations

1980s, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, Raytheon 1500B (SPS-53) radar.

Naval service

Mostly served as ferries on Chao Phraya river. All were stricken in 1984 but rehabilitated for further service by 1993.