L-41 Hernán Cortés

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Newport, [LST].

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

Launch date: 10 February 1971.

Commission date: 26 August 1994.

Decommission date: 13 November 2009.

 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: 1 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm ( not operative ), 2 x Oerlikon 20mm/90, 4 x Browning 12,7mm.

Military lift: 374 troops ( 20 officers ); 500 vehicle tons; 3 LCVPs and 1 LCPL.

Radar: Surface: Raytheon SPS 10F, G band; Navigation: Marconi LN 66, I band.

Helicopter: Able to operate 3 AB212.

Callsign: EBAV ()

Comment: Former USS-Barnstable County L-1197.

Homeport: Rota.

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