SPANISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER DéDALO

'''Dédalo''' (Spanish for ''Daedalus'') was a Spanish aircraft carrier, the second such ship in the Spanish Navy (after the original seaplane and balloon carrier Dédalo that took part in the Battle of Alhucemas in 1925). It remained the fleet's flagship until the ''Principe de Asturias'' replaced it. ''Dédalo'' was formerly the Second World War era USS ''Cabot'' bought from the USA in the 1960s. Toward the end of her career in the Spanish Navy, ''Dédalo'' was converted to operate AV-8 Matador Harriers.
In 1967, after over twelve years in "mothballs" in the United States, ''Cabot'' was loaned to Spain. The loan was converted to a sale in 1972. ''Dedalo'' was stricken by the Spanish Navy in August 1989 and given to a private organization in the U.S. for use as a museum ship. However, that private organization was unable to pay its creditors, so, on 10 September 1999, the ship was auctioned off by the U.S. Marshal's Service to Sabe Marine Salvage. Scrapping of the hulk was completed in 2002.

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Specifications

★ Weight: 16,185 tons.

★ Size: 189.9 m x 22 m x 8.50 m

★ Hangar: 70 m x 13 m x 5 m

★ Propulsion: 4 "B&W" boilers and 4 GE turbines, 4 propellers, 100,000 hp, 31 knots.

★ Aircraft: landing surface 168 × 22 m, 2 elevators; up to 33 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

★ Radar: "SPS-6" aerial.

★ Panels: 2 "WRL-1"

★ Weaponry: 26 AA Bofors 40 mm guns

★ Subaquatic weaponry: 2 "Mk 63" and 2 "Mk 57" naval mines, with radars "Mk 28" and "Mk 29".

★ Crew: 1,112

See also

★ List of aircraft carriers

★ List of ship commissionings in 1967

★ List of ship decommissionings in 1989