D-25 Jorge Juan

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Fletcher, [DD].

Builder: Federal SB & DD Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.

Launch date: 14 November 1943.

Commission date: 30 November 1960.

Decommission date: 15 November 1988.

 Draw by Antoni Casinos

Displacement ( tons ): 2080 standard, 2750 normal, 3050 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 114,8 x 12,6 x 5,5

Main machinery: 2 x Westinghouse turbines ( 60.000 hp ), 4 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers.

Speed ( knots ): 35.

Range ( miles ): 5000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 290 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 4 x 127mm/38 Mk 30; 6 x 76mm/50 Mk33 ( three double mountings ).

Torpedoes: 3 x 533mm; 2 x Mk11 Hedgehogs; 1 x depth charge rack.

Radar: Search: SPS 6C; Tactical: SPS 10; Fire Control: Radar controlled Mk37 directors. Mk56 director with Mk35 radar. Mk63 director with SPG34 radar for 76mm. Guns.

Sonar: hull mounted, SQS 29 or SQS 32. Originally had a SQS 4.

Countermeasures: ESM: AN/WLR 1; Decoys: Mk6 Fanfare.

Comment: Ex - USS McGowan ( DD 678 ). Commissioned for the US Navy on 20 December 1943. Transferred at Barcelona to the Spanish Navy on 1 December 1960. Purchased by the spanish government on 1 October 1972.