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Trần Khánh Dư 2000

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Trần Khánh Dư (ex-Đà Nẵng, ex-Maricopa County, ex-LST938)	HQ-501		Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	7.1944	15.8.1944	9.1944 // 29.4.1975	in service (2019)
Vũng Tàu (ex-Cochino County, ex-LST603)	HQ-503		Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA	11.1943	14.3.1944	4.1944 // 4.1975	stricken 2016
Qui Nhơn (ex-Bulloch County, ex-LST509)	HQ-504		Jeffersonville, USA	10.1943	23.11.1943	1.1944 // 4.1975	stricken 2016

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1780
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.	1700
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	24000 (9)
Armament	HQ-501, 503: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 HQ-504: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Military load	4 (sometimes 2 or 6) LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines
Electronic equipment	SPS-53 radar
Complement	110

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Project history

Former USN LST(2) type tank landing ships, transferred to South Vietnam and captured by Vietnam People's Army in 1975.

Modernizations

late 1980s: Vũng Tàu: - 2 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 40/60, 12 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11M

late 1980s, Qui Nhơn: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 5 x 1 - 40/60, 12 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 37/70 V-11M

Naval service

No significant events.