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JALASHWA landing platform dock (1971/2007)

Jalashwa 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
जलश्वा [Jalashwa] (ex-Trenton) L41   Lockheed, Seattle, USA 8.8.1966 3.8.1968 6.3.1971 // 22.6.2007 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

9130

Displacement full, t

16905

Length, m

173.4

Breadth, m

25.6 wl 30.5 oa

Draught, m

7.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Power, h. p.

24000

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

7700(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 8 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 helicopters (Sea King)

Military load

788 troops, 4 LCM(8)

Electronic equipment

SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)1, SPS-40E, 2x Mk 90 radars, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy

Complement

329

Project history: Former USN Austin class ship. 1400m² flight deck for 4 Sea King helicopters and hangar for one small helicopter. 51.2x15.2m well deck accommodates 4 LCM(8) craft, also transferred by USN in January 2007. 1380m² parking space for vehicles, 1 30t crane.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Jalashwa 2007

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