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ARAGÓN attack transport (1944/1964)
Photo
Aragón 1971
Ships
Name |
No |
Yard No | Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comm |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aragón (ex-Noble), 1980- unnamed |
TA11 |
Permanent Metals, Richmond, USA |
7.1944 |
18.10.1944 |
11.1944 // 19.12.1964 |
stricken 1987 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 6720 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 12450 |
| Length, m | 133.1 wl 138.7 oa |
| Breadth, m | 18.9 |
| Draught, m | 7.32 max |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 8500 |
| Max speed, kts | 17 |
| Fuel, t | oil 1177 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 14700(16) |
| Armament | 1 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 |
| Military load | 2 LCM(6), 22 LCVP, 1 LCPL, 1 LCPR, 1800 t of cargo, 1596 marines |
| Electronic equipment | SPS-6 radar |
| Complement | 536 |
Standard scale images
Aragón 1975
Graphics
Aragón 1971
Project history
Former Haskell class transports, built in standard "Victory"-type VC-2-S-AP5 hulls.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
In 1980 the ship was laid up and unnamed, her name was transferred to other assault transport.
