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Cabo San Antonio 1978

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Cabo San Antonio	Q42		AFNE, Rio Santiago	15.9.1967	20.7.1968	1.11.1978	deleted 1997

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4300
Displacement full, t	8000
Length, m	129.8 wl 134.7 oa
Breadth, m	18.9
Draught, m	5.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	6 diesels
Power, h. p.	13700
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Military load	4 LCVP, 23 tanks, 700 troops
Electronic equipment	AWS-1, nav. radars
Complement	124

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Project history

Very similar to US De Soto County LSTs, differed mainly by armament and in having 60t heavy-lift king post set.

Modernizations

1988: - AWS-1 radar; + SPS-10 radar

Naval service

Cabo San Antonio was inoperable since late 1980s due to main engines problems but was finally deleted only in 1997.