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Comandante Hemmerdinger 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Águila (ex-Aventius)	91		American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA	1.1945	3.3.1945	5/1945 // 1964	wrecked 8.1980
Comandante Toro (ex-T-LST277, ex-LST277)	97		American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA	5.1943	5.9.1943	10.1943 // 2.1973	stricken 1977
Comandante Hemmerdinger (ex-New London County, ex-LST1066)	88		Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	1.1945	21.2.1945	3.1945 // 8.1973	stricken 1983
Comandante Araya (ex-Nye County, ex-LST1067)	89		Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	1.1945	27.2.1945	3.1945 // 8.1973	stricken 1981

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1780
Displacement full, t	4080
Length, m	96.3 wl 100.0 oa
Breadth, m	15.2
Draught, m	landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	1800
Max speed, kts	12.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	24000 (9)
Armament	2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Military load	4 LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	91 - 125

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Project history

Former USN LST class. Águila was former aircraft repair ship (engine) ARV(E)3.

Modernizations

1970s, all: guns were landed.

Naval service

Águila was badly damaged by grounding in August 1980, never repaired and subsequently deleted.