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CAPANA tank landing ships (1944-1945/1946-1962)


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Guayana 1970

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Capana (ex-LST907) T11   Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 1.1944 18.3.1944 4.1944 // 11.1946 cargo transport 1957
Guayana (ex-Quirinus) T18, 1975- T31   Chicago Bridge, Seneca, USA 3.1945 4.6.1945 11/1945 // 6.1962 deleted 1984


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1625

Displacement full, t

T11: 4080

T18: 4100

Length, m

96.3 wl 100.0 oa

Breadth, m

15.2

Draught, m

T11: landing: 1.19 fore, 3.00 aft, sea-going: 2.30 fore, 4.30 aft

T18: 3.40

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

T11: 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

T18: 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2

Military load

T11: 4 LCVP, 20 medium tanks (25-t) or 500t of cargo, 163 marines

T18: troops, cargo

Electronic equipment

T11: SO or SU radar

T18: SPS-5 radar

Complement

T11: 125

T18: 81



Standard scale images


<i>Capana </i>1950
Capana 1950
<i>Guayana </i>1965
Guayana 1965


Graphics


<i>Guayana </i>1970
Guayana 1970


Project history

Capana was former USN tank landing ship, Guayana was commissioned in 1945 as landing craft repair ship.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.