Vietnamese frigate Ly Thai To

History
Vietnam
NameLý Thái Tổ
NamesakeLý Thái Tổ
BuilderZelenodolsk Factory
CostAround $150 million
Launched13 March 2011
Identification012
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeGepard-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,500 tons (standard)
  • 1,930 tons (full load)
Length102.14 m (335.1 ft) (93.5 m (307 ft) waterline)
Beam13.09 m (42.9 ft)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion2 shaft CODOG, Two gas turbines (29,300 shp (21,800 kW) each), 1 Type 61D Diesel (8,000 bhp (6,000 kW)), 3 600 kW diesel alternator sets
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance15 days
Complement98
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Radar:Navigation radar (unknown type), Cross Dome surface & air search radar, Pop Group SA-N-4 fire control radar, Bass Stand cruise missile target designator, Bass Tilt AK-630 fire-control
  • Sonar:Medium-frequency hull mounted, medium-frequency towed variable depth sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Electronic Warfare:2 Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 Bell Squat jammers, 4 16-barreled Pk-16 countermeasure rocket launchers
Armament
  • 8 SS-N-25 Switchblade Anti-Ship missiles (two quadruple launchers)
  • 1 × Palma (Kashtan export variant) gun/missile system
  • 1 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK–176 automatic dual-purpose gun (500-round magazine)
  • 2 6-barreled 30 mm AK-630 point-defense guns (2,000-round magazine for each)
Aircraft carried1 x Kamov Ka-27

Vietnam People's Navy Ship 012–Lý Thái Tổ is a Gepard-class frigate (Gepard 3.9 type) in the Vietnam People's Navy. She was built by the Zelenodolsk shipyard in Russia under signed contract to the Vietnamese Navy.

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