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History
United States
Name: USS Barnstable County
Namesake: Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Ordered: 15 July 1966
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down: 19 December 1970
Launched: 2 October 1971
Acquired: 1 May 1972
Commissioned: 27 May 1972
Decommissioned: 29 June 1994
Struck: 23 July 2002
Identification: LST-1197
Fate: Sold to Spain, 22 August 1994
Spain
Name: Hernán Cortés
Namesake: Hernán Cortés
Commissioned: 26 August 1994
Decommissioned: 13 November 2009[1]
Identification: Pennant number L-41
Fate: Sold for scrap, 2014
General characteristics
Class and type: Newport-class tank landing ship
Displacement: 8,792 long tons (8,933.1 t) full load
Length: 522 ft (159.1 m)
Beam: 70 ft (21.34 m)
Draft: 19 ft (5.79 m)
Propulsion: 6 × diesels; 16,000 hp; 2 × shafts; Single screw controllable pitch bow thruster
Speed: 20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Capacity: 17,300 sq ft (1,607.2 m2) vehicle, 2,000 short tons (1,814.4 t) total (500 short tons (453.6 t) when beaching)
Troops: 360-400 embarked troops
Complement: 14 officers, 210 enlisted
Armament:


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