Killeen-class

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Caio Duilio cruiser 1963.jpg
Class overview
Name: Killeen-class
Builders: Oibreacha Iarainn Comhdhlúite
Operators: Temuair 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:
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 in service to the present day having undergone a major refit and upgrade cycle in 2014.


History

Design

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

Operators

Vessels

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