L-9890 Grado

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: De Soto County, [LST].

Builder: Avondale Marine Ways, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Launch date: 28 February 1957.

Commission date: 17 July 1972.

Decommission date: 1992.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.617 standard, 7.949 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 136 x 19 x 5,2

Main machinery: 6 x Fairbanks-Morse diesels ( 13.900 hp ), 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 17.

Range ( miles ): 13.000 at 10 knots, 9.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 184 ( 10 officers ).

Guns: 6 x 76mm/50 Mk22 ( 3 x double mountings ).

Military lift: 575 troops; 28 x medium tanks or vehicles; 4 x LCVPs.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x BX-732.

Comment: Ex - USS De Soto County LST-1171.

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