F-104 Méndez Nuñez

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: A. de Bazán, [FFG].

Builder: Navantia, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 12 November 2004.

Commission date: 21 March 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.802.

Dimensions ( metres ): 146,72 x 18,6 x 4,75

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE LM-2500 gas turbines ( 46.648 hp ), 2 x Bazán-Caterpillar 3600 diesel ( 12.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 28,5.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 240 ( 35 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/54 Mk45 Mod. 2, 2 x 20mm/120, 4 x Browning QCB M2 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon. SAM: 32 x Standard SM-2 Block IV and 64 x RIM-7PTC Evolved Sea Sparrow, from 48 x Mk 41 VLS launchers.

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm. Mk32 Mod 9 tubes. Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

Radar: Air Search: Lockheed Martin SPY-1D 3-D tracking, target designation and weapons control; Surface search: Raytheon SPS-67(V)4; Fire Control: AEGIS system, 2 x Raytheon SPG-62 target illuminators (Mk99 system); Fire Control: 1 x FABA DORNA ( RTN-30 radar for gun ) ; Navigation: Thales Scout; 1 x FLIR.

Sonar: ENOSA-Raytheon DE 1160LF (I) hull-mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x FMC SRBOC Mk 36 decoy launchers; SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie acoustic torpedo decoy; ECM/ESM: Indra SLQ-380 Aldebarán intercept/jammer suite; CESELSA Elnath Mk 9000 comms intercept. Laser detection and countermeasure syst.

Helicopter: 1 x SH60B Seahawk.

Callsign: EBDD ()

Homeport: El Ferrol.

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