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SAN RAFAEL medium landing ships (1944-1945/1946-1958)


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Sirio 1968

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
San Rafael (ex-LSM216) BA103   Dravo, Wilmington, USA 5/1944 28.6.1944 7.1944 // 12.1946 discarded 1960
Sirio (ex-LSM483) BA104, 1968- BDM301   Brown SB, Houston, USA 2/1945 10.3.1945 4.1945 // 3.1958 deleted 1989
Antares (ex-LSM538) BA105   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 11.1945 // 3.1958 sold 1959


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t1095
Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 164

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 equipmentnav. radar
Complement60


Standard scale images


<i>Sirio </i>1963
Sirio 1963


Graphics


<i>Sirio </i>1968
Sirio 1968


Project history Former USN LSM class medium landing ships. Modernizations 1970, Sirio all guns were removed, decked over, bow doors were plated up, bridge re-sited on centerline. Nava

Former USN LSM class medium landing ships. Modernizations: 1970, Sirio: all guns were removed, decked over, bow doors were plated up, bridge re-sited on centerline. Naval service: No significant events.