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PERUVIAN NAVY (PERU)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

PAITA tank landing ships (1953/1984)

Paita 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Paita (ex-Walworth County, ex-LST1164) 141   Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA 22.9.1952 18.5.1953 26.10.1953 // 7.8.1984 stricken 12.2012
Pisco (ex-Waldo County, ex-LST1163) 142   Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA 4.8.1952 17.3.1953 17.9.1953 // 7.8.1984 stricken 2013
Callao (ex-Washoe County, ex-LST1165) 143   Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA 1.12.1952 14.7.1953 30.11.1953 // 7.8.1984 in service (2019)
Eten (ex-Traverse County, ex-LST1160) 144   Bath Iron Wks, USA 18.12.1952 3.10.1953 19.12.1953 // 7.8.1984 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2590

Displacement full, t

6225

Length, m

117.4

Breadth, m

16.7

Draught, m

3.70 mean hull 5.18 max aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors 15-278A diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil 1060

Endurance, nm(kts) 6000(9)

Armament

141, 143, 144: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

142: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Military load 10 tanks or 17 LVTP or 2200t of cargo, 395 marines, 2 LCVP

Electronic equipment

2x nav. radars

Complement

117

Project history: Former USN Terrebonne Parish class LSTs, transferred unarmed.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Paita 2004

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