LST870 1945
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| BDT1 (ex-LST870), 2.1959- Cabo San Bartolomé | Q41 | Jeffersonville, USA | 11.1944 | 15.12.1944 | 1.1945 // 3.1948 | stricken 1972 | |
| BDT2 (ex-LST995), 2.1959- Cabo San Diego | Q42 | Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA | 3.1944 | 2.5.1944 | 5.1944 // 3.1948 | stricken 8.1963 | |
| BDT3 (ex-LST998), 2.1959- Cabo San Francisco de Paula | Q43 | Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA | 4.1944 | 14.5.1944 | 5.1944 // 1948 | stricken 1964 | |
| BDT4 (ex-LST872), 2.1959- Cabo San Gonzalo | Q44 | Jeffersonville, USA | 11.1944 | 28.12.1944 | 1.1945 // 1948 | stricken 11.1979 | |
| BDT5 (ex-LST801), 2.1959- Cabo Buen Tiempo | Q45 | Jeffersonville, USA | 9.1944 | 14.10.1944 | 11.1944 // 1947 | stricken 2.1960 | |
| BDT6 (ex-LST919), 2.1959- Cabo San Isidro | Q46 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 4.1944 | 17.5.1944 | 5.1944 // 3.1948 | stricken 8.1978 | |
| BDT7 (ex-LST994), 2.1959- Cabo San Pablo | Q47 | Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA | 3.1944 | 17.4.1944 | 5.1944 // 1947 | stricken 1965 | |
| BDT8 (ex-LST869) | Q48 | Jeffersonville, USA | 10.1944 | 11.12.1944 | 1.1945 // 1947 | sold 2.1952 | |
| BDT9 (ex-LST1057) | Q49 | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 2.1945 | 31.3.1945 | 5.1945 // 1948 | sold 1952 | |
| BDT10 (ex-LST1044), 2.1959- Cabo San Pio | Q50 | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 11.1944 | 3.2.1945 | 3.1945 // 6.1948 | Prefectura Naval TS 1963, stricken 12.1980 | |
| BDT11 (ex-LST1108), 2.1959- Cabo San Sebastián | Q51 | Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA | 12.1944 | 1.2.1945 | 2.1945 // 1948 | stricken 1963 | |
| BDT12 (ex-LST1104) | Q52 | Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA | 12.1944 | 17.1.1945 | 2.1945 // 1948 | stricken 9.1956 | |
| BDT13 Cabo Buen Tiempo | Q53 | USA | // 1959 | stricken 7.1963 | |||
| BDT14 (ex-LST734), 2.1959- Cabo San Vicente | Q54 | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 1.1944 | 4.3.1944 | 4.1944 // 1948 | stricken 11.1969 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1625 - 1780 |
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Displacement full, t |
3640 - 4080 |
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Length, m |
96.3 wl 100.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
15.2 |
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Draught, m |
landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 General Motors diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1800 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.1 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 590 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 24000 (9) |
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Armament |
none |
| Military load |
20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines |
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Electronic equipment |
SO or SU radar |
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Complement |
91 - 125 |
Project history: Former USN LST ships, received by Armada Argentina in 1947-1948 from merchant companies.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Following one data, BDT5 was discarded, and BDT13 was purchased to replace her. Following other data, Cabo Bien Tiempo was redesignated from BDT5 to BDT13.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015