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LOS MONJES medium landing ships (1945-1946/1959-1960)


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Los Frailes 1978

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Los Monjes (ex-LSM548) T13, 1975- T21   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 2.1946 // 11.2.1959 stricken 1979
Los Roques (ex-LSM543) T14, 1975- T22   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 12.1945 // 15.7.1959 stricken 1979
Los Frailes (ex-LSM544) T15, 1975- T23   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 1.1946 // 2.12.1959 fire 21.6.1984, BU
Los Testigos (ex-LSM545) T16, 1975- T24   Brown SB, Houston, USA 1945 1945 1.1946 // 21.1.1960 stricken 1980


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t1095
Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

12.5 - 13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4900 (12)
Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Military load

5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines

Electronic equipmentSPS-5 or SPS-6 radar
Complement60


Standard scale images


<i>Los Monjes </i>1970
Los Monjes 1970


Graphics


<i>Los Frailes </i>1978
Los Frailes 1978


Project history

Former USN LSM class medium landing ships.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Los Frailes was seriously damaged by fire 21.6.1984, she was never repaired and soon scrapped.