Mk. III LCU

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| Ship caption = L39 LCU during shore operations

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|Name = LCU MK III class|Builders = Goa Shipyard Limited{{Cite book|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990

|isbn = 9788170622666|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC&q=mk+III+LCU&pg=PA49|last1 = Hiranandani|first1 = G. M.|year = 2005}}{{cite web|title=Mark 3 Landing Craft|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/weapons/specs/165-Mk3-LCU.html}}

|Operators = {{navy|India}}|Class before = LCU Mk II|Class after = LCU MK IV |Subclasses = |Cost = |Built range = 1986 – 87|In service range = 1986 – 2019|In commission range = |Total ships building = |Total ships planned = 4|Total ships completed = 4|Total ships cancelled = |Total ships active = |Total ships laid up = |Total ships lost = |Total ships retired =4 |Total ships preserved = }}

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| Ship displacement = 560 tons{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/Transition-to-Guardianship-07Apr16.pdf#page=70|title=Transition to Guardianship, The Indian Navy 1991–2000|accessdate=2019-11-16}}{{Cite web|title=Mk.2 & Mk.3 Landing Craft Class|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/l-mk2.htm}}[http://ww2lct.org/history/stories/lctevolution.htm The Evolution Of the Landing Craft Tank] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601045740/http://ww2lct.org/history/stories/lctevolution.htm |date= 1 June 2013 }}

| Ship length = 57.5 m {{Cite web|title=Mk.2 & Mk.3 Landing Craft Class|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/l-mk2.htm}}

| Ship beam = 8.2 m

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| Ship draft = 1.57 m

| Ship depth = 4 m

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| Ship propulsion = 3 Kirloskar-MAN V8V 17.5/22 AMAL diesel engines x 562 bhp driving 3 shafts.{{Cite web|title=Mark 3 Landing Craft|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/weapons/specs/165-Mk3-LCU.html}}

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| Ship speed = 11.5 kn

| Ship range = 1,000 nmi at 8 kn

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| Ship troops = 120

| Ship complement = 207

| Ship crew = 87

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| Ship sensors = 1 Racal Decca 1629 radar at I-band frequency.

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| Ship armament = * 2 x Bofors 40mm/60 guns (aft) & mines

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