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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

LOS MONJES medium landing ships (1945-1946/1959-1960)

Los Monjes 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Los Monjes (ex-LSM548) T13, 1975- T21   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 2.1946 // 11.2.1959 stricken 1979
Los Roques (ex-LSM543) T14, 1975- T22   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 12.1945 // 15.7.1959 stricken 1979
Los Frailes (ex-LSM544) T15, 1975- T23   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 1.1946 // 2.12.1959 fire 21.6.1984, BU
Los Testigos (ex-LSM545) T16, 1975- T24   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 1.1946 // 21.1.1960 stricken 1980

 

Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t

1095

Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

12.5 - 13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4900 (12)

Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines

Electronic equipment SPS-5 or SPS-6 radar
Complement 60

Project history: Former USN LSM class medium landing ships.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Los Frailes was seriously damaged by fire 21.6.1984, she was never repaired and soon scrapped.

Los Frailes 1978

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