Jason class LST
(Greece)
|
Name |
No |
Launch |
Comm. |
Decom. |
Fate |
|
Chios (ex-Jason) |
L-173 |
16 Dec 1988 |
30 May 1996 |
- |
In Service |
|
Samos |
L-174 |
6 Arp 1989 |
20 May 1994 |
- |
In Service |
|
Lesbos |
L-176 |
5 July 1990 |
25 Feb 1999 |
- |
In Service |
|
Ikaria |
L-175 |
22 Oct 1998 |
6 Oct 1999 |
- |
In Service |
|
Rodos |
L-177 |
6 Oct 1999 |
30 May 2000 |
- |
In Service |
Notes: This programme for replacing Greece’s motley fleet of ex-USN WWII landing craft began in the mid-1980s, but was severely delayed every step of the way by problems at Elefsis Shipyard, and Lesbos and Ikaria were commissioned out of order. In order to afford such elaborate LST’s, they use some second-hand equipment such as combat computers discarded by the German navy. They were originally to be named after mythological figures, but this was changed to islands along the disputed sea border with Turkey.
Displacement: 4471t standard Dimensions: 380’5”x50’2”x11’3”
Machinery: Diesel-reduction: 2 Wartsila Nohab 16V25 diesels, 2 shafts
Max speed: 16kts Capacity: 300 fully-equipped marines + light vehicles; 4 LCVP’s
AIRCRAFT
Helipad only
WEAPONS-Guns
x1 OTO-Melara 76mm Rapid 6NM AA/surface 320rds total
x4 (2 twin) Breda 40mm 3NM AA/surface
x4 (2 twin) Rhinemetall 20mm 1.5NM AA
SENSORS-Radar
Hughes Type 1007 (I) 47NM max (27NM typical) surface search (range, bearing)
Thomson-CSF Triton (G) FC for 76mm gun
Thomson-CSF Pollox (I/J) FC for 40mm guns
SENSORS-EW
CSEE Panda FC (visual horizon)