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Sunday, 12 October 2025

South Korean landing craft support large (LSSL) (ex-US LSSL 91) Kang Hwa Man or Ganghwaman LSSL 108

Similar Chung Jun Sil. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Former US LLSL type. Displacement 230-387 (full load) tons and as dimensions 159 x 23 2/3 x 5 2/3 feet. Armament 4/5-2cm anti aircraft guns. Diesel propulsion with 2 shafts and a speed of 14 knots. Crew numbered 29-78 men depending of the employment. Launched by Commercial Iron Works on 17 December 1944, delivered at Astoria on 21 January 1952, commissioned on 3 May 1952 and decommissioned on 15 November 1960. 

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