Ex-SPS Pizarro (L-42)

Spain / Cadiz / Rota /

military, navy, ship, Landing Ship Tank (LST)

The last member of her class to serve with the Spanish Navy, SPS Pizarro served with the US Navy as the USS Harlan County (LST-1196) from 1972 through 1995 before being transferred for duty with the Armada Española.

Commissioned as the SPS Pizarro (L-42) in April 1995, the ship formed part of the Spanish Navy's Amphibious Fleet as well as the European Union's Spanish-Italian Amphibious Force (SIAF). Decommissioned from active service in December of 2012 and held in reserve thereafter, the Pizarro is rumored to be up for sale to foreign buyers, possibly as part of a two-vessel package that includes the former Armada Flagship and Aircraft Carrier Principe de Austurias (R11).

www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/161196.htm

Wikipedia article: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Harlan_County_(LST-1196)

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Coordinates: 36°37'23"N 6°19'47"W

Camp Mitchell Seabee Camp 1.5 km
Military Housing 4.1 km
The Naval Facilities Holm - Hydrographic Office - Navy 331 km
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Cartagena Main Naval Base 486 km
Naval Base Cartagena 486 km
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Wreck of USS Block Island (CVE-21) 1655 km
Wreck of U-1062 3981 km

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Camp Mitchell Seabee Camp Naval Station Rota Apron Runway 10/28 Weapons Storage Area (WSA) Rota (Cádiz) Bay of Cádiz Salinas de Bonanzas Doñana National Park Gulf of Cádiz