Monitor (Vietnam War)
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The Monitor was a highly modified version of the LCM-6 developed by the United States Navy for use as a mobile riverine assault boat in the Vietnam War. Another version served as a Command and Control Boat (CCB or Charlie Boat).
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Monitor in 1968 | |
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Name | Monitor |
Operators | |
General characteristics | |
Type | River monitor |
Displacement | 66 short tons (60 t) |
Length | 60.5 ft (18.4 m) |
Beam | 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
Draft | 3.3 ft (1.0 m) |
Installed power | 2×225 hp (168 kW) |
Propulsion | two Gray Marine 6-71 diesel engines |
Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h) |
Range | 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) |
Complement | 11 |
Armament |
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Armor | XAR-30-type steel and bar armor |
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