LST-1179 Newport

Country: United States

Class, [Type]: Newport, [LST].

Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Launch date: 3rd February 1968.

Commission date: 7th June 1969.

Decommission date: 1st October 1992.

 Design by Antoni Casinos

Displacement ( tons ): 4.975 standard, 8.450 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 159,2 x 21,2 x 5,3

Main machinery: 6 x ALCO 16-251 diesels ( 16.500 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 2.500 at 12 knots.

Complement: 231 ( 12 officers ).

Guns: 1 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 4 x 12,7mm.

Military lift: 314 troops ( 20 officers ); 500 vehicle tons; 3 LCVPs and 1 LCPL.

Radar: Surface: Raytheon SPS 10F, G band; Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS-64(V)9, I/J bands.

Countermeasures: Originally carried a SLQ-32(V)1 system ( warning EW ).

Callsign: NLMW ()

Comment: Sold to Mexico, 23rd May 2001, and renamed A-4 Sonora, renamed afterwards A-411 Papaloapan.

Awards (as of 01/10/1992): 

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