Ambassador MK III missile boat vs TT-400TP gunboat

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Ambassador MK III missile boat — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Ambassador MK III missile boat

Missile boat

Credit

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

TT-400TP gunboat

gunboat

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

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TT-400TP gunboatLength

54.16 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+16%
Beam+9%

TT-400TP gunboatlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

63m

54.16m

Length+16%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

63 m (206 ft 8 in)^[source]

54.16 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and TT-400TP gunboat configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	TT-400TP gunboat
Displacement	600 tons^[source]	378 tons (standard), 420 tons (combat load), 455 tons (full load)^[source]
Complement	36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]	—
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	TT-400TP class gunboat^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	Z173 Shipyard^[source]

Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]	US$1,000,000 Unarmed^[source]

Built	2008–2013^[source]	—

In commission	2013–^[source]	2011^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	—

Type	Missile boat^[source]	—

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	—

Endurance	8 days at sea^[source]	30 days^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Thales MRR-3D NG G band multi-role radar Thales Scout ( I / J band ) Maritime Surveillance Radar Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links IFF TACTICOS Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.^[source]	Radar : MR-123/176 Vympel/Bass Tilt, Bass Tilt AK-630 fire-control^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[source]	—

Armament	8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles) 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns^[source]	1 x 76.2mm AK-176 main gun 1 x 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 x KPVT 14.5mm heavy machine gun^[source]

Country of origin	United States^[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard	Vietnam^[source]

Role	—	gunboat^[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform

Design basis reported by article	—	The TT-400TP is the first class of warship designed and built by Vietnam in Z173 Shipyard . This class is based on the "Lan" project designed by the Ukrainian State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center .^[source]