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VELASCO tank landing ships (1952-1954/1971-1972)


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Martín Álvarez 1976

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Velasco (ex-Terrebonne Parish) L11   Bath Iron Wks, USA 2.1.1952 9.8.1952 21.11.1952 // 29.10.1971 stricken 1994
Martín Álvarez (ex-Wexford County) L12   Christy SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 27.2.1952 28.11.1953 15.6.1954 // 29.10.1971 stricken 1995
Conde de Venadito (ex-Tom Green County) L13   Bath Iron Wks, USA 2.9.1952 2.7.1953 12.9.1953 // 5.1.1972 stricken 1990


Technical data


Displacement standard, t2590
Displacement full, t5777
Length, m

117.1

Breadth, m

17.1

Draught, m

4.90

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.6000
Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)15000(9)
Armament

3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, helicopter deck

Military load10 tanks or 17 LVTPs or 2000t of cargo, 395 marines, 3 LCVP, 1 LCPL
Electronic equipmentSPS-10, 2x Mk 34, nav. radars
Complement205


Standard scale images


<i>Velasco </i>1980
Velasco 1980


Graphics


<i>Martín Álvarez</i> 1976
Martín Álvarez 1976


Project history

Former USN tank landing ships of Terrebonne Parish class. Permanently purchased 17.5.1978.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.