Killeen-class

Class overview
Name:	Killeen class
Builders:	Oibreacha Iarainn Comhdhlúite
Operators:	Aisling Naval Service
Built:	1964
In service:	1970 - Present
In commission:	1972 - Present
Planned:	2
Completed:	1
Cancelled:	1
Active:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Helicopter cruiser
Displacement:	5,000 tons (standard) 6,500 tons (loaded)
Length:	149.3 m (490 ft)
Beam:	17.3 m (57 ft)
Draught:	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft geared turbines 4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
Speed:	31 kn (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range:	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	485
Sensors and processing systems:	Graymayre-550 2-D air search radar Hybrasil Eco-C sonar
Armament:	As built 1 x D.1 twin arm launcher for the GMaLø-17 surface to air missile 6 x MaMkVa-4E4 4.5 inch quick firing dual-purpose guns 2 x Gullspång 40mm L/60 antiaircraft guns 2 x 20 mm single mounting cannons 2 x 324 mm triple torpedo tubes Current 2 x sextuple box launcher for the GMaRø-31 surface to air missile for a total of 80 missiles 4 x antiship missiles 4 x MaKVa-71 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns 2 x MaMkRø-76 30 mm close-in weapon system 2 x 324 mm triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	4 x Galanti-Weiland RVe-18 antisubmarine warfare helicopters

The Killeen-class are a class of helicopter cruisers built by Oibreacha Iarainn Comhdhlúite for the Aisling Naval Service. They are primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare tasks and are intended to form the center of antisubmarine warfare task forces, the primary purpose of these task forces being the location and elimination of ballistic missile and attack submarines.

Only one of the two Killeen-class vessels laid down in 1964 was completed and commissioned into the Aisling Naval Service, the second was sold for scrap in 1970 when it became clear that the Oireachtas was not willing to allocate the funds required to complete the vessel. The only completed vessel, the ACA Misneach, was commissioned in 1972 and remains ins ervice to the present day having undergone a major refit and upgrade cycle in 2014.

Design

The guns were placed in six single turrets amidships abreast the funnel and the bridge

Operators

• Temuair
  • Aisling Naval Service

Vessels

Vessels in service

#	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
C-2	ACA Misneach	1964	1970	1972