Spanish frigate Extremadura

	Extremadura (F75)
History
Spain
Name:	Extremadura
Namesake:	Extremadura
Builder:	Bazan
Laid down:	November 1971
Launched:	21 November 1972
Commissioned:	10 November 1976
Decommissioned:	2006
Identification:	F75
General characteristics
Class and type:	Baleares-class frigate
Displacement:	3,015 long tons (3,063 t), standard 4,177 long tons (4,244 t), full load
Length:	438 ft (134 m), overall
Beam:	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draft:	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion:	1 shaft, one Westinghouse steam turbine, 2 V2M boilers. total 35,000 shp (maximum),
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h)
Sensors and ; processing systems:	AN/SPS-52B Air Search Radar; RAN-12L/X Air Search Radar; AN/SPS-10F Surface Search Radar; DE1160LF Sonar; AN/SQS-35(v)Variable Depth Sonar system; AN/SPG-53 Mk68 Gun Fire Control System;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	Ceselsa Deneb/Canopus, Mk36 SROC decoy launchers
Armament:	1 × Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles; 1 × Mk42 5-inch/54 caliber gun; 2 × quad Mk141 launchers for Harpoon missiles; 1 × Standard SAM launcher (16 Missiles); 2 × 20mm Meroka CIWS gun systems; Mark 46 torpedoes (from 4 × single tube launchers);

Extremadura (F75) is the fifth ship of five Spanish-built Baleares-class frigates, based on the American Knox class design, of the Spanish Navy.

Laid down on November 1971 and launched on 21 November 1972, Extremadura was commissioned into service on 10 November 1976.

All of these Spanish frigates were built to the size of the Knox frigates.

Other units of class

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