Cataluna
F.73
1998
(Argos AS-39)
- Class: Balearas - 5 frigates of 1964
- Displacement: 3,990 tons
- Dimensions: 415' (wl) 438' (oa) x 47' x 24'6"
- Machinery: 1 steam turbine (Westinghouse); 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
- Speed: 28 knots
- Guns: 1-5"/54 DP Mk 42; 2-20mm Bazan Meroka 2A CIWS
- SAM/SSM: 1 FMC Mk 22 launcher Mod 0 w/max 16 SM-1MR or 8 Harpoon
- ASW weapons: 1 8-cell ASROC launcher Mk 16;
4-12.75" T.T. Mk 32 (2x2)
- Complement: 250
- Builder: Bazan, Ferrol
- Keel Laid: 20 Aug 1970
- Launched: 3 Nov 1971
- Commissioned: 16 Jan 1975
- Notes: Third ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design. The key differences are the replacement of helicopter facilities by a medium-range surface-to-air missile system and associated radars.
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