Killeen-class

Class overview
Name:	Killeen class
Builders:	Pereda Construción Naval Consolidada
Operators:	Imperial Navy of Temuair
Succeeded by:	Bielba-class
Built:	1958 – 1970
In commission:	1970 - Present
Completed:	6
Active:	1
Retired:	5
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 × twin-arm launcher with 40 Tridente surface-to-air missiles 5 × BCA-76/58 76 mm cannon (with 5,001 ammunition) 1 x Chama nuclear anti submarine missile system 2 x FAS-212 antisubmarine rocket launcher 2 × 533 mm triple torpedo tubes for the Peixe-V heavy torpedo Current 1 × twin-arm launcher with 40 RIM-67 Standard surface-to-air missiles 4 × BCA-76/58 76 mm cannon (with 6,001 ammunition) 2 x FAS-212 antisubmarine rocket launcher 2 x 4-cell launchers for the Areiva Espada-AS antisubmarine missile. 2 × 533 mm triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	4 helicopters including the NH-5 Halcón Mariño

The Killeen-class are a class of six helicopter cruisers built by Pereda Construción Naval Consolidada for the Imperial Navy of Temuair. 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 Notreceauen ballistic missile submarines and their escorts, as well the detection, prosecution and elimination of hostile attack submarines seeking to engage Imperial military vessels or merchantmen.

The last remaining vessel of this class in service, the BNA Ascendencia is assigned to the Imperial Navy's Descanso Flotilla . The Ascendencia is slated to be retired in early 2020.

History

In the 1980's, the 6 vessels of Killeen-class received equipment upgrades, replacing their Tridente missiles and arm launchers with newer, longer ranged missiles based on the RIM-67 Standard missile. In addition the Areiva Chama anitsubmarine missile and launcher were removed from the vessels, and the weapon replaced by the more capable Aerotecnia MASIN missile; a 533 mm torpedo-tube launched missile which can equip either an anti-submarine torpedo or a nuclear depth charge. The ships received an updated electronics package, mounting Graymayre-550 2-D air search radar, a new fire control radar also from Graymayre and the Hybrasil Eco-C sonar.

Operators

• Temuair
  • Imperial Navy of Temuair Currently operates a single Killeen-class helicopter cruiser.

Vessels

Vessels in service

#	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
CLK-19	BNA Ascendencia	1958	1962	1965		Currently in service with the Descanso Flotilla
CLK-20	BNA Aspirar	1958	1963	1965	Retired in 1990, scrapped in 2008
CLK-21	BNA Gloria	1962	1964	1966	Retired in 1990, scrapped in 2009
CLK-22	BNA Ernesto Mazon	1962	1964	1967	Retired in 1994, scrapped in 2014
CLK-23	BNA Eminencia	1964	1967	1969	Retired in 1998, inactive reserve
CLK-24	BNA Héctor Portillo	1966	1970	1972	Retired in 1998, inactive reserve