Capana 2000
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Capana | T61 | Korea-Tacoma, Masan, South Korea | 25.3.1983 | 21.6.1984 | in service (2019) | ||
Esequibo | T62 | Korea-Tacoma, Masan, South Korea | 25.3.1983 | 21.6.1984 | in service (2019) | ||
Goajira | T63 | Korea-Tacoma, Masan, South Korea | 1983 | 20.11.1984 | in service (2019) | ||
Los Llanos | T64 | Korea-Tacoma, Masan, South Korea | 1983 | 20.11.1984 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
1800 |
Displacement full, t |
4070 |
Length, m |
104.0 |
Breadth, m |
15.4 |
Draught, m |
3.00 mean 4.20 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 SEMT-Pielstick 16PA6V diesels |
Power, h. p. |
6860 |
Max speed, kts |
15 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 7500(13) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/70 OTO-Melara Dardo, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, helicopter deck |
Military load | 1800t cargo (690t beaching), 202 troops, 4 LCVP |
Electronic equipment |
nav. radar, NA-18 e/o director |
Complement |
117 |
Project history: Korea-Tacoma design, improved version of LST Mk 2. All were delivered to Venezuela without armament in October 1984 (first two), December 1984 and early in 1985 and became fully operational late.
Modernizations: 2011, Capana, Esequibo, Goajira; 2013, Los Llanos: - 2 x 1 - 20/90; + nav. radar (2nd)
Naval service: Goajira was heavily damaged by fire in June 1987 and was restored to service only in May 1993.
Capana 1998
© Ivan Gogin, 2019