L-21 Castilla

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: [LPA].

Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Launch date: 11 April 1953.

Commission date: 17 January 1980.

Decommission date: 16 June 1998.

Displacement ( tons ): 10.709 standard, 16.315 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 171,8 x 23,1 x 8,2

Main machinery: 2 x Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 x GE turbine ( 22.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 22.

Range ( miles ): 17.000 at 14 knots.

Complement: 610 ( 35 officers ).

Guns: 8 x 76 mm/50 ( 4 double mountings ).

Military lift: 1.657 troops; 7 LMC 6s(161 to 167); 5 LCVPs; 3 LCPs.

Radar: Air: RCA SPS 12, D band; Surface: Raytheon SPS 10, G band; Fire Control: 4 SPG 50 or SPG 34, I/J bands.

Countermeasures: Decoys: Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36; ESM: WLR1, radar interceptor; ECM: ULQ 6.

Helicopter: Has an landing platform for helicopters, able to operate light to medium sizes.

Callsign: EBOA ()

Comment: Former USS-Paul Revere LPA-248. Originally built as a type C4-S-1 cargo transport ship, and named Diamond Mariner. Conversion of the ship was done at Todd Shipyard facilities, San Pedro.

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