M-24 Tajo

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Adjutant, [MSC].

Builder: Tampa Marine Corporation, Florida, U.S.A.

Launch date: 01 May 1958.

Commission date: 09 July 1959.

Decommission date: 03 December 2001.

 Draw by Antoni Casinos

Displacement ( tons ): 355 standard, 384 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 43,9 x 8,5 x 2,5

Main machinery: 2 x GM 8-268A diesels ( 880 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 14.

Range ( miles ): 2.700 at 10 knots.

Complement: 39 ( 3 officers ).

Guns: 2 x Oerlikon 20mm ( double ).

Radar: Navigation: Decca TM 626 or RM 914, I band.

Sonar: UQS 1.

Callsign: EBIC ()

Comment: Wooden hull. This unit, along with others from its class, was transferred from the US Navy, where it served with code MSC-287. Originally numbered as M-30, then reclassified as M-24 in 1980.

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