Campaigns & Battles

 Navy News

 Photo Albums

 Historical Time Lines

 The Flag

 The Ships

4Today's Navy

4Ships - alphabetical

4Fleet Listings - time

4Fleet Listings - types

4Ships by Class

4Ships Data Sheets

4Definitions

 Naval Aviation

 Weapons & Systems

 Wardroom

 Naval Memorials

 Navy Life & Humour

 Who does What?

Edited and
Designed by:

Johnny E. Balsved

Data Sheet

Service

CO's

Photo Album

Crest

Classification

Type:

Minelayer (ex. Landing Ship Medium)

Class:

BESKYTTEREN Class

Other Ships
in Class:

N60 BESKYTTEREN

Specifications

Built by:

Charleston Naval Ship Yard, USA

Design:

n/a

Laid down:

November 13, 1944

Launched:

December 17, 1944

Commissioned:

June 22, 1954 - ex. USS LSM-392

Decommissioned:

November 12, 1964

Pennant Number:

N51, later N61 (from around 1955)

Int'l Call Sign:

OVKI

Displacement:

1,150 tons

Dimensions:

Length:

Beam:

Draught:

-

63.76 m

10.49 m

2.90 m

Complement:

75 men (7 officers and 68 ratings and enlisted)

Propulsion:

2 ea GMC/Cleveland Diesel engines 2,880 Hps.
2 ea Propellers

Range:

3,500 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament:

8 ea 40 mm Machine Gun M/36 LvSa2 (4x2)
6 ea 20 mm Machine Gun M/42 LvSa (6x1)

Speed:

12 knots

Notes

Originally built as Landing Ship Medium for the US Navy, and sister ships to the tender HJÆLPEREN.

Sources:

&

Flådens skibe og fartøjer 1945-1995, by Gunnar Olsen and Svenn Storgaard, Marinehistoriske skrifter,  Copenhagen 1998 (ISBN 87-87720-13-2)

44You are also referred to the Naval Bibliography