L-31 Galicia

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Casa Grande, [LSD].

Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Launch date: 15 January 1945.

Commission date: 01 July 1971.

Decommission date: 12 January 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.790 standard, 9.375 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 139,29 x 22 x 5,48

Main machinery: 2 x Babcock-Wilcox boilers, 2 x General Electric turbines ( 7.000 hp ), 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 17.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 301 ( 18 officers ).

Guns: 12 x 40mm/60 ( 2 x 4 , 2 x 2 ).

Military lift: 137 marines; 3 x LCU or 7 x LCM8 or 18 x LCM16. Cargo load was 1.347tm, equivalent to 100 x 2,5tm trucks or 27 x M48 tanks or 11 x heavy helicopters. Gasoil: 1.727tm.

Radar: Surface: 1 x AN SPS-10; Navigation: 1 x Decca TM-626; Fire Control: 4 x Mk51 Mod2.

Helicopter: landing pad for 3 x AB-212 helicopters.

Comment: Ex-USS San Marcos LSD-25. Transferred to Spain in 1971. Well deck dimensions 103m x 13,3m x 7m.

Similar units:

 LSD13 Casa Grande
 LSD15 Shadwell