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Monday, 12 February 2024

Taiwanese landing craft (ex-LCU 892 1944-after 1949) Ho Chun (401) 1950s

LCU-type. Displacement 285 tons (full load) and as dimensions 114 1/6 x 32 2/3 feet. Armament 2-2cm anti aircraft guns. 3-Shaft diesel propulsion with 675 bhp a speed of 10 knots. Lading Craft Tank Mark 6 laid down by Darby Products of Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, USA on 4 Feburary 1944, launched on 7 March 1944, delivered on 11 March 1944, since 1949 Utility Landing Ship-892, handed over to Nationalist China. 

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