Patrol Boats

State in 1968 (all in service 1975):
• 6x 21-t cabin type (2-3 in active duty)
• 2x 15 t, built by Chris-Craft Corp. - Algonac
• 12x 10 t, 11 m long (3-5 in active duty)
• 8x 6 t, 8 m long

c.1985: ~40 patrol boats delivered by USSR

[6?] proj. 1204 (Shmel) class
Kerč' or Nikolajev, 75/80 t, 27.7×4.3×0.9 m, 2400 hp = 24 kt, 1x 76mm, 1xII 25mm, 1x 7.62mm MG, 1+13 p.
Six possibly delivered in mid- or late 1980s - not confirmed!.

State in late 1990s:
• 12-16x medium patrol boats
• ~40x (?) small patrol boats
• few (4?) service craft

Landing Craft

4? [7] LCM(6) [Landing Craft, Mechanized] type ('Mike Boats')
22-24/64 t, 17×4.3×0.8 m, 450 bhp = 11 kt, 4 p. Four in active duty. All delivered bf.1968. Four in service in 1990s.

? [7] cargo transports (~50 t), commissioned c.1970, one in active duty

Sea-going General Cargo Ships

1 "Hakuyo Maru" class
Matsūra Tekko Zosen KK - Higashino, 483 grt/1469 dwt, 70.2×11.7×4.4 m, 1300 bhp = 10 kt. Owned by state company Lao Shipping Co.
 Phathana 188 ພັດທນາ ໑໘໘ 1980 #279 1989 ex- White Hakuyo, 1983 ex- Hakuyo Maru since 1997 laid up at Saigon

[1] "Vientiane" class
Guìjiāng Zàochuánchǎng - Wúzhōu, 2370 grt/3209 dwt, 84.1×14×6.7 m, 1572 bhp. Owned by state, managed by Phatthana Khet Phoudot Import & Export Co.
 Vientiane ວຽງຈັນ /05.1992/06.1993 #423 2008 Hai Long 10


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