Worth Knowing about the landing ships.
 

The landing crafts were commissioned to the Navy of the Federal Republic of Germany on 5th September 1958 in Charleston, USA. The Federal Republic of Germany had bought the ships from the US-Navy stocks which were set aside since the end of the second world war for about six million US Dollar. It concerned the following:

2  LSMR  (Landing ship medium rocket) 4  LSM    (Landing ship medium)

 
 L754 Otter und L755 Natter:
Specifications
Displacement  758 t.(light), 993 t.(attack) 1,175 t.(fully loaded)
Length  206' 3" ovl.
Beam  34' 6"
Draft  light, 5' 4" (mean), attack 6' 9" (mean), fully loaded 7' 9" (mean)
Speed  13 kts.
Endurance  3,000 miles @ 13kts
Complement  100 crew members
Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, sixteen continuous loading 5" SS rocket launchers, four 4.2" mortars
Propulsion two General Motors (non-reversing with airflex clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws

 

  L750 Krokodil, L751 Eidechse, L752 Salamander, L753 Viper
Specifications:
Displacement  520 t.(light), 743 t.(landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
Length  203' 6"
Beam  34' 6"
Draft  light, 3' 6" forward, 7' 8" aft, fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft
Speed  13.2kts, (max.), (928 tons displacement)
Complement  50 crew members
Armament  one single bow mounted 40mm gun
Vehicle/Boat Capacity  5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
Troop Accommodations  2 officers, 46 enlisted
Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
Propulsion two General Motors (non-reversible with airflex clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws
Endurance  4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
 

The decommissioning of the landing crafts was carried out from 1967 until 1973