Yugoslavia - catamaran landing craft (1950-1978)

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DB Selector

CWDB

Baseline

LCU

Hypothetical

No

Name

catamaran landing craft

Class

catamaran landing craft

Country

Yugoslavia

Service

Navy

In Commission

1960-1978

Number in Service

10x

Length (m)

Not Stated

Beam (m)

Not Stated

Draft (m)

Not Stated

Standard Displacement (t)

Not Stated

Full Displacement (t)

40

Empty Displacement (t)

Not Stated

Complement

Not Stated

Max Sea State

Not Stated

Primary Propulsion Type

Diesel

Propulsion

Not Stated

Fuel Capacity (kg)

Not Stated

Flank Speed (kt)

Not Stated

Range (nm) at Speed (kt)

Not Stated

Sensors

Mk1 Eyeball

Mounts

2 x 2 - 12.7mm/90, mines instead of cargo

Aircraft & Docking Facilities

N/A

Comms/Datalinks

VHF/UHF

Ship Codes

No response

Comments

Boats of the LCU type with a catamaran hull.

1 light tank or mines instead of cargo

Sources

https://www.navypedia.org/ships/yugoslavia/yu_ls_lcu1.htm

[nuk92]

CWDB & DB3K name: DSM-110 / DSM-514 [DSM / PDS] class: DSM /PDS country: Yugoslavia, Croatia (name: DSM-110 -- 1991-2009), Serbia (name: DSM-514 -- 1992-2006) in commission: 1952 number in service: 38 before 1962, 5 after 1970 (Yugo CWDB), 5 (Yugo DB3K)/ 2 (Serbia) / 2 (Croatia) length: 25.84m beam: 14.5m draft: 1.09m empty displacement: 129t standard displacement: 167t complement: 23 max sea state: 5 propulsion: 2x Mercedes Benz Diesels fuel capacity: 3500kg flank speed: 9.6kt range: 360nm @ 7.6kts sensor: Decca 110 mounts: 2x 20mm M71 Single #2307 (1240 rounds each) 1x mine magazine #1574 (up to 32 mines) ship code: catamaran cargo space: area: 285 sqm (estimated) mass: 120t -120 troops -3x T-34 or 3x T-55 or 2x M-84 tank (example)

There was three different types of these vessels. They were inspired by the German Siebel ferries from WW2. Essentially these catamaran landing craft consisted of two heavy duty pontoons and a middle section where the wheelhouse is loacted. Between 1952 and 1956 a grand total of 39 were built. There were DST-101-110 tank landing craft (later also minelaying), DSM-501-514 minelaying landing craft and DSA-701-715 artillery landing craft which had 76,2mm guns. However the number dropped dramatically, just between 1962-1965 3/4 were sold to civilian companies and repurposed as ferries or floating cranes. None of the artillery ferries remained and no pictures can be found since almost all were transformed into auxiliary landing craft (floating cranes with cargo space) for the navy before being sold. Only five or so DSM and a few floating cranes remained during the 1980s (and 70s probably) and they served until 2006-2009.