Killeen-class
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| Class overview | |
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| 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: |
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| Length: | 149.3 m (490 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.3 m (57 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.0 m (16.4 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| 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: |
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| Armament: |
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| 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
| # | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate | Notes |
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| C-2 | ACA Misneach | 1964 | 1970 | 1972 |