LST-93 Valdivia

Country:  Chile

Class, [Type]: Newport, [LST].

Builder: National Steel, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 28 March 1970.

Commission date: 30 September 1995.

Decommission date: 14 January 2011.

 Draw by Antoni Casinos

Displacement ( tons ): 4.975 standard, 8.450 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 159,2 x 21,2 x 5,3

Main machinery: 6 x ALCO 16-251 diesels ( 16.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 2.500 at 12 knots.

Complement: 257 ( 12 officers ).

Guns: 4 x 12,7mm.

Military lift: 314 troops ( 20 officers ); 500 vehicle tons; 3 LCVPs and 1 LCPL.

Radar: Surface: Raytheon SPS 10F, G band; Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS-64(V)9, I/J bands.

Countermeasures: Originally carried a SLQ-32(V)1 system ( warning EW ).

Comment: ex - USS San Bernardino, LST 1189. In 1997 it ran aground in Pisgua while exercising beaching. After 55 days it was set free and moved to ASMAR for repairs.

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