Aragón 1975
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comm |
Fate |
|
Aragón (ex-Noble), 1980- unnamed |
TA11 |
Permanent Metals, Richmond, USA |
7.1944 |
18.10.1944 |
11.1944 // 19.12.1964 |
stricken 1987 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
6720 |
|
Displacement full, t |
12450 |
|
Length, m |
133.1 wl 138.7 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
18.9 |
|
Draught, m |
7.32 max |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
8500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1177 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
14700(16) |
|
Armament |
1 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 |
|
Electronic equipment |
SPS-6 radar |
|
Military load |
2 LCM(6), 22 LCVP, 1 LCPL, 1 LCPR, 1800 t of cargo, 1596 marines |
|
Complement |
536 |
Project history: Former Haskell class transports, built in standard "Victory"-type VC-2-S-AP5 hulls.
Modernizations: None
.Naval service: In 1980 the ship was laid up and unnamed, her name was transferred to other assault transport.
Aragón 1971
© Ivan Gogin, 2015