Churruca-class destroyer (1972)

Méndez Núñez in 1973
Class overview
Name	Churruca class
Builders	Bath Iron Works Consolidated Steel Federal Shipbuilding
Operators	Spanish Navy
Preceded by	Oquendo class
Succeeded by	N/A
Built	1944–1945
In commission	1972–1992
Completed	5
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,616 long tons (2,658 t) standard 3,460 long tons (3,520 t) full load
Length	390.5 ft (119.0 m)
Beam	40.9 ft (12.5 m)
Draft	14.3 ft (4.4 m)
Installed power	4 × boilers 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
Propulsion	General Electric steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	350 as designed
Armament	4 × 5 in/38 cal guns (in 2 × 2 Mk 38 DP mounts) 1 × ASROC 8-cell launcher 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes for Mark 44 torpedoes 1 × Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH) Variable Depth Sonar (VDS)
Aviation facilities	Hangar and helipad

The Churruca class was a series of five Spanish Navy ships which originated from the US Navy Gearing-class destroyers. They were all acquired in the 1970s in FRAM I configuration.^[1][2]