Velasco 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Velasco (ex-Terrebonne Parish) | L11 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 2.1.1952 | 9.8.1952 | 21.11.1952 // 29.10.1971 | stricken 1994 | |
Martín Álvarez (ex-Wexford County) | L12 | Christy SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA | 27.2.1952 | 28.11.1953 | 15.6.1954 // 29.10.1971 | stricken 1995 | |
Conde de Venadito (ex-Tom Green County) | L13 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 2.9.1952 | 2.7.1953 | 12.9.1953 // 5.1.1972 | stricken 1990 |
Displacement standard, t |
2590 |
Displacement full, t |
5777 |
Length, m |
117.1 |
Breadth, m |
17.1 |
Draught, m |
4.90 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesels |
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 15000(9) |
Armament |
3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, helicopter deck |
Military load | 10 tanks or 17 LVTPs or 2000t of cargo, 395 marines, 3 LCVP, 1 LCPL |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-10, 2x Mk 34, nav. radars |
Complement |
205 |
Project history: Former USN tank landing ships of Terrebonne Parish class. Permanently purchased 17.5.1978.
Modernizations:
None.Naval service: No significant events.
Martín Álvarez 1976
© Ivan Gogin, 2017