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ECUADORIAN NAVY (ECUADOR)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

HUALCOPO tank landing ship (1945/1977)

Hualcopo 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hualcopo (ex-Summit County, ex-LST1146) T61, 2001- TR61   Chicago Bridge & Iron, Chicago, USA 15.2.1945 23.5.1945 1.6.1945 // 14.2.1977 retired 2007

 

Displacement standard, t

1650

Displacement full, t

4080

Length, m

100.0

Breadth, m

15.2

Draught, m

4.30 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12-567A diesels

Power, h. p.

1700

Max speed, kts

11.6

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 7200(10)

Armament

2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 147 marines
Electronic equipment radar
Complement 119

Project history: Former USN LST class tank landing ship. Used as transport.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Hualcopo was badly damaged by fire in July 1998 and never became fully operational again.

Hualcopo 2001

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