The wide device deployed by the Army to respond to emergencies in the area affected by the DANA in Valencia It also has support from the sea, with the arrival of the amphibious ship assault Galiciawhich sails this Saturday from Rota (Cádiz) to be alongside the rest of the emergency personnel.
This ship has means and personnel specialized in operations in the water and, to begin with, it will accommodate to military displaced to the municipalities devastated by the floodin addition to adding a hundred more reinforcement soldiers.
Also how much with a floating hospital high performance, which can provide medical assistance and surgical in the face of any contingency, in a situation like the current one. The Galicia has participated in other major disasters, such as Hurricane Mitch or the coronavirus pandemic, also when the Prestige disaster occurred and has also been used against piracy or in humanitarian aid missions in Iraq or with the United Nations to maintaining peace in Lebanon, among many other operations.
This colossus of 12,000 tons It allows day and night air operations, with hangars for four helicopters.
Different images of the ship and its crew
In its years of activity, it has carried out transport of personnel and material in the former Yugoslavia, aid after flooding caused by hurricane ‘Mitch’ in Central America (November 1998-January 1999), cleaning up the pollution caused by the sinking of the oil tanker ‘Prestige (December 2002-January 2003), Operation “SJ” (March-July 2003) of humanitarian aid to Iraq, actions in Sumatra (Indonesia) to help alleviate the effects of tsunami. It has also been part of Operation Atalanta for the fight against piracy in waters of the Indian Ocean and the Somalia basin on several occasions (2010, 2011, 2015 and 2017).
More recently, in 2020 it provided medical support as a hospital ship during the coronavirus epidemic. Covid-19 in Melilla and Ceuta.
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Displacement: 13,000 tons.
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Length: 160m.
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Sleeve: 23m.
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Propulsion: 2 plants, each with 2 Caterpillar-BAZAN Bravo diesel engines (approximately 22,000 HP) and an electric motor (1,500 HP), all of them coupled to a reduction gear that moves a line of axles. 2 variable pitch propellers 5 blades and 4 m. in diameter. 1 bow pusher propeller of approximately 1,800 hp. (transverse thrust).
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Power: 2×23500 HP (turbines) + 2×6000 HP (diesel).
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Power plant: 7 MW power plant, with 4 diesel generators of 1,520 Kw and one emergency generator of 715 Kw.
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Aircraft: Hangar for 4 heavy or 6 medium helicopters. Day and night operations, visual and instrument flight, vertrep and HIFR. GSI and artificial horizon. Maintenance workshops. Flight control post.
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Endowment: 185 endowment. 615 transportation.
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Armament: 2 OERLIKON 20mm machine guns (possibility of 4). 6 Chaff Launcher (SRBOC MK-36).
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Sensors: 2 surface and navigation radars (I band) KH 1007. Helicopter control radar (F band) KH 1007. IFF AN/TPX-54 (V) Mk-XII. ALDEBARAN ESM system. TACAN AN/SRN-15A system.
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Others: Landing craft: 4 LCM1-E. Helicopters: 6 AB-212 or 4 SH-3D. Vehicles: 90-170 depending on the type, in 1,010 m2 of parking area (capacity for 170 M-113, 130 Pizarro or 33 M60A3). Material and ammunition: 700 tons. 4 freight elevators. 3 material access ramps. 2 loading cranes (25 and 2.5 tons). In total more than 3,500 m2 of cargo area including storerooms, flight deck and hangar.
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