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Mk I
Single sourceMk II
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Patrol Boat, River | Tarlan-class speedboat |
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| Displacement | 8.9 ton for Mk II[source] | 9 tons (standard)[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
| Crew | Coxswain , Engineman , Gunner, Seaman, Patrol Officer, MP , ARVN Interpreter[source] | — |
| Power | 2 × 180 hp (130 kW) Detroit Diesel 6V53N engines each driving a Jacuzzi Brothers 14YJ water pump-jet with thrust buckets for reverse thrust .[source] | Diesel[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat 2 × diesel engines, 1,320 horsepower (0.98 MW) 2 × surface piercing propellers[source] |
31 ft (9.4 m) (Mk I) 32 ft (9.8 m) (Mk II)[source]
Tarlan -class torpedo boat · Length
Single source11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Name | PBR (Patrol Boat, River)[source] | — |
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| Builders | Uniflite, River City Machine Works[source] | — |
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| Operators | See Operators[source] | Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
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| Preceded by | PTF boat[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | Special Operations Craft – Riverine[source] | — |
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| Cost | $75,000 ($593,000 in 2018 dollars)[source] | — |
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| Built | Dec. 1965 – Sep. 1980, 1990[source] | — |
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| In service | 1966–2019[source] | 2005–present[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
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| Completed | 161 (Mark I) and 418 (Mark II) 6 (Mark II Replacements - RCMW)[source] | — |
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| Active | 13[source] | — |
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| Lost | at least 19[source] | — |
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| Preserved | 27 non-operational 9 operational[source] | — |
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| Type | Riverine patrol boat[source] | Torpedo boat[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Raytheon 1900 radar unit[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × twin .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB Browning machine guns or 1 × single (20 mm) Mk12 Colt 20 mm cannon (forward, in a rotating tub) 1 × single (81 mm) M252 mortar or 1 × single M2HB (rear) 1 or 2 × 7.62 mm M60 machine gun (s) (side-mounted) 1 × 40 mm Mk 18 grenade launcher (pintle mount)[source] | — |
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| Armor | Ceramic armor shields fitted to guns, bridge. Also crew-applied ballistic blankets to protect the coxswain in the control cockpit.[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | — | Tarlan[source] |
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