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CASTILLA attack cargo ship (1944/1965)


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Castilla 1970

Ships


Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comm

Fate

Castilla (ex-Achernar), 1980- unnamed

TA21

 

Federal, Kearny, USA

9.1943

3.12.1943

1.1944 // 2.2.1965

stricken 1987



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

7430

Displacement full, t

11416

Length, m

132.6 wl 139.9 oa

Breadth, m

19.2

Draught, m

7.92 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 1553

Endurance, nm(kts)

16046(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Military load

6 LCM(6), 2 LCM(3), 13 LCVP, 1 LCPL, ~4900 t of cargo, 74 - 78 marines

Electronic equipment

presumably SF or SG or SH or SL or SO or SU radar

Complement

404



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<i>Castilla </i> 1970
Castilla 1970


Project history

 USN Andromeda class ship, built in standard type C2-S-B1 hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1980 the ship was laid up and unnamed, her name was transferred to other assault transport.