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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

CABO BUSTOS infantry landing craft (1944/1947)

Cabo Bustos 1950

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Grumete Tellez (ex-LCI(L)1072)     Defoe, Bay City, USA 1944 1944 6.1944 // 3.1947 stricken 1958
Soldado Canave (ex-LCI(L)1027)     Albina, Portland, USA 4.1944 18.5.1944 6.1944 // 3.1947 stricken 1958
Grumete Bolados (ex-LCI(L)1073)     Defoe, Bay City, USA 1944 1944 6.1944 // 3.1947 stricken 1958
Grumete Díaz (ex-LCI(L)877)     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 9.1944 10.1944 10.1944 // 2.1947 stricken 1958
Cabo Bustos (ex-LCI(L)878) 1960- 97   New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 9.1944 10.1944 10.1944 // 2.1947 stricken 1967
Eduardo Llanos (ex-LCI(L)1025) 1960- 98   Albina, Portland, USA 1944 1944 6.1944 // 3.1947 stricken 1965

 

Displacement standard, t

209

Displacement full, t

385

Length, m

46.6 wl 48.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.21

Draught, m

at landing 0.86 fore, 1.60 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

8 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2320

Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 110

Endurance, nm(kts)

8000 (12)

Armament

5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment

SCR-517A radar
Military load

209 marines or 75 t of cargo

Complement

29

Project history: Former USN LCI(L) landing craft infantry.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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