Moroccan Royal Navy – Amphibious Ship

L 407  -  RMNS Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah

 

 

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L-407 RMNS Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah ex USS Bristol County LST-1198 Newport class tank landing ship Moroccan Navy

USS Bristol County (LST 1198) - now L 407 RMNS Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah

Type, Class:

 

Newport class Tank Landing Ship - LST / built as USS Bristol County (LST 1198)

Builder:

 

National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp., San Diego, California, USA

STATUS:

 

Laid down: February 13, 1971

Launched: December 4, 1971

Commissioned: August 5, 1972 (as USS Bristol County / LST 1198)

Decommissioned: July 29, 1994 (as USS Bristol County / LST 1198)

transferred to Morocco: August 16, 1994

ACTIVE UNIT

Homeport:

 

 

Namesake:

 

Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

Length: 159,20 meters

Beam: 21,18 meters

Draft: 5,30 meters

Displacement: 4975 tons (light) / 8575 tons (full load)

Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)

Range: 14250 Nm (26400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)

Crew: approx. 200

Troop: up to 320 Marines

Aviation/Hangar: flight deck for 1 helicopter / no hangar

 

Propulsion:

6 x ALCO 16-251E diesel engines (3 per shaft) / 16000 shp

2 shafts / 2 controllable reversible pitch propellers / 2 rudders

1 variable bow thruster (800 hp)

 

Radar:

RAYTHEON AN/SPS-64 surface search and navigation radar

RAYTHEON AN/SPS-10 surface search radar

DECCA navigation radar

 

ship images

 

 

Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah:

 

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L 407 RMNS Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah:

 

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