Landing Craft - Type F

Landing Craft
Type F

Artillery Ferries
Type AF

NATO: --- Class

Completed

5 units

Ships

Type F – 1 units – Austria, Linz/Donau, Schiffswerft Linz AG.

Name	Yard №	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Note
BDB-40	-	1944	-	17.06.1946	from 3.03.1949 - DK-40, from 18.03.1958 - BSS-168110

Type AF – 4 units – Austria

Name	Yard №	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Note
BAD-60	№52	1944	-	18.01.1947	from 3.03.1949 - DK-60
BAD-80	№53	1944	-	18.01.1947	from 3.03.1949 - DK-80
BAD-90	№54	1944	-	18.01.1947	from 3.03.1949 - DK-90
BAD-100	№55	1944	-	18.01.1947	from 3.03.1949 - DK-100

Former Kriegsmarine landing craft Type DM: BDB-40 (till 13.04.1945 F1025DM) and Artillery ferries Type D: BAD-60 (till 2.04.1945), BAD-80 (till 2.04.1945), BAD-90 (till 2.04.1945), BAD-100 (till 2.04.1945)

General characteristics - Type F

Displacement (tons):
Standard:	215
Full load:	256
Dimensions (m):
Length:	49,84
Beam:	8,59
Draft:	-
Speed (knots):	8
Range:	1120 mn (7 knots)
Autonomy (days):	-
Propulsion:	3x375 hp diesels, 3 fixed pitch propellers
Armament:	1x1 88 mm (200 rounds) 1x1 37 mm 1x2 20 mm
Armor:	25 mm
Complement:	21

General characteristics - Type AF

Displacement (tons):
Standard:	353
Full load:	440
Dimensions (m):
Length:	49,84
Beam:	6,61
Draft:	1,7
Speed (knots):	8
Range:	940 mn (6,5 knots), 372 nmi (8 knots)
Autonomy (days):	-
Propulsion:	3x375 hp diesels, 3 fixed pitch propellers
Armament:	2x1 105 mm 2x1 37 mm 2x4 20 mm
Armor:	25-100 mm
Complement:	65

Schematics

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Modernizations

On BDB-40 all armament removed, after that added 1x1 76 mm 34K
Harbor self-propelled dry-cargo barge: BSS-168110 (BDB-40) 11.03.1958

Fleets

Black Sea Fleet: BAD-60, 80, 90, 100
Danube Flotilia: BDB-40 (from 25.11.1946 Black Sea Fleet)

Hull Numbers

BDB-40: 340(1957)

Decommissioned

1956 – BAD-60 (7.04), BAD-80 (7.04), BAD-90 (7.04), BAD-100 (7.04)
1960 – BDB-40 (10.09, transferred to SDP)

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