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SPANISH NAVY (SPAIN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

LEPANTO destroyers (1942-1944/1957-1960)

Lepanto 1963

Almirante Valdés 1963

Lepanto 1980

Almirante Valdés 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Lepanto (ex-Capps) D21   Gulf SB, Chickasaw, USA 7/1941 31.5.1942 6/1943 // 15.5.1957 stricken 12.1985
Almirante Ferrándiz (ex-David W. Taylor) D22   Gulf SB, Chickasaw, USA 7/1941 4.7.1942 6/1943 // 15.5.1957 stricken 11.1987
Almirante Valdéz (ex-Converse) D23   Bath Iron Wks, USA 2.1942 30.8.1942 11/1942 // 1.7.1959 stricken 10.1986
Alcalá Galiano (ex-Jarvis) D24   Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 6/1943 14.2.1944 6/1944 // 3.11.1960 stricken 10.1989
Jorge Juan (ex-McGowan) D25   Federal, Kearny, USA 6/1943 14.11.1943 12/1943 // 1.12.1960 stricken 9.1988

 

Displacement standard, t

2325

Displacement full, t

3005

Length, m

112.5 wl 114.7 oa

Breadth, m

12.1

Draught, m

4.19 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

oil 492

Endurance, nm(kts) 6500 (15)

Armament

D21, 22: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 6 DCT, 2 DCR

D23-25: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 1 DCR

Electronic equipment

D21, 22: SPS-6C, SPS-10, Mk 25 radars, SQS-4 sonar

D23-25: SPS-6C, SPS-10, Mk 25, 2x SPG-34, Mk 35 radars, SQS-29 sonar, BLR-1 ECM suite

Complement

290

   

Project history: Fletcher class destroyers transferred under MDAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Alcalá Galiano 1977

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