Sirio 1963
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| San Rafael (ex-LSM216) | BA103 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 5/1944 | 28.6.1944 | 7.1944 // 12.1946 | discarded 1960 | |
| Sirio (ex-LSM483) | BA104, 1968- BDM301 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 2/1945 | 10.3.1945 | 4.1945 // 3.1958 | deleted 1989 | |
| Antares (ex-LSM538) | BA105 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 11.1945 // 3.1958 | sold 1959 |
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Displacement standard, t |
520 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1095 |
|
Length, m |
59.9 wl 62.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
|
Draught, m |
landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
2800 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 164 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4900 (12) |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
| Military load |
5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines |
| Electronic equipment | nav. radar |
| Complement | 60 |
Project history:
Former USN LSM class medium landing ships.
Modernizations: 1970, Sirio: all guns were
removed,
decked over, bow doors were plated up, bridge re-sited on centerline.
Naval service: No significant events.
Sirio 1968
© Ivan Gogin, 2016