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ECUADORIAN NAVY (ECUADOR)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

JAMBELÍ medium landing ships (1945/1958)

Jambelí 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jambelí (ex-LSM539) T31, 1970- T51   Brown SB, Houston, USA 5/1945 1945 12.1945 // 11.1958 deleted 1983
Tarqui (ex-LSM555) T32, 1970- T52   Charleston N Yd, USA 3/1945 22.3.1945 9.1945 // 11.1958 deleted 1987

 

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

12.5 - 13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

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 SO or SCR-517 radar
Complement 60

Project history: Former USN LSM1 class medium landing ships.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Jambelí 1967

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