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DÉDALO light aircraft carrier (1943/1967)


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Dédalo 1974

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Dédalo (ex-Cabot, ex-Wilmington) R01   New York SB, Camden, USA 13.3.1942 4.4.1943 24.7.1943 // 30.8.1967 to USA 8.1989


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

13000

Displacement full, t

16416

Length, m

182.9 wl 189.9 oa

Breadth, m

21.8 wl 33.3 oa

Draught, m

7.90 full load

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

100000

Max speed, kts

31

Fuel, t

oil 1800

Endurance, nm(kts)7500(15)
Armour, mm

belt: 127 on 16mm plating, bulkheads: 127, main deck: 51

Armament

2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 9 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 28 helicopters (SH-3D, AB-212ASW, AH-1, CH-19)

Electronic equipment

SPS-6, SPS-8, SPS-10, SPS-40, 2x Mk 28, 2x Mk 29 radars, WLR-1 ECM suite

Complement

1112 + air group



Air group


Year VSTOL attackers Helicopters
1968 --- 8 SH-3D Sea King, 4 AB-204/212ASW, 4 AH-1 Cobra, 4 CH-19E Chickasaw
1984 5 AV-8S Matador, 1 TAV-8A Matador 8 SH-3D Sea King, 4 AH-1 Hue Cobra, 4 AB-212ASW


Standard scale images


<i>Dédalo </i>1980
Dédalo 1980


Graphics


<i>Dédalo </i>1974
Dédalo 1974


Aircraft facilities

 (fd - 3,773 m², ha - 1,313 m² / 6,957 m³): Flight deck: 166.1 x 32.9 m. Hangar: 78.6 x 16.7 x 5.3 m. There were 2 lifts in center line (12.7 t, 12.8 x 13.4 m). Aircraft fuel stowage: 462 700 l.   

Project history US Independence class light aircraft carrier, transferred to Spain under MDAP on 30 August 1967 and purchased outright in 1973. The transfer of Thetis Bay (LPH6)

US Independence class light aircraft carrier, transferred to Spain under MDAP on 30 August 1967 and purchased outright in 1973. The transfer of Thetis Bay (LPH6) was originally contemplated. Extensively refitted and modernized before transfer, with strengthened decks and lifts, new electronic equipment, and funnels 1 and 3 removed. In later years best speed reported as 24 kts. In 1976 she became the first ship carried Harrier VSTOL attackers.

Ship protection

The 127mm belt and 51mm main deck protected machinery and ammunition magazines.

Modernizations

early 1980s: - 1 x 4 - 40/60 (fwd)

Naval service

Returned to US in 1989 for preservation at New Orleans as a museum.