Austin-class amphibious transport dock vs Spanish ship Juan Carlos I

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AAmphibious assault ships

Austin-class amphibious transport dock

Amphibious transport dock

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BAmphibious assault ships

Spanish ship Juan Carlos I

aircraft carrier - landing helicopter dock (LHD)

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Austin-class amphibious transport docko/a

173 m

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Spanish ship Juan Carlos ILength

230.82 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 42 rows sourced on both sides

173mo/a

231m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

173 m

o/a

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167 m

w/l

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Configuration

Details

Austin-class amphibious transport dock and Spanish ship Juan Carlos I configuration
Specification	Austin-class amphibious transport dock	Spanish ship Juan Carlos I
Power	2 × boilers, 2 × steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW)^[source]	2 × 11 MW POD , GE ITP LM2500 + Navantia MAN 16V32/40^[source]
Name	Austin class^[source]	Juan Carlos I^[source]
Builders	New York Naval Shipyard , Ingalls , Lockheed^[source]	—
Operators	United States Navy Indian Navy^[source]	—
Preceded by

Succeeded by	San Antonio class^[source]	—

Cost	US$235–419 million per unit^[source]	€ 462 million^[source]

In commission	1965–2017 (U.S.)^[source]	—

Planned	13^[source]	—

Completed	12^[source]	—

Canceled	1^[source]	—

Active	1 (with India )^[source]	—

Retired	11^[source]	—

Type	Amphibious transport dock^[source]	—

Tonnage	7,713 DWT^[source]	—

Boats & landing craft carried	1 × LCAC , or 1 × LCU & 3 × LCM-6 , or 4 × LCM-8 , or 9 × LCM-6 , or 24 × AAV^[source]	Four LCM-1E^[source]

Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 8 × .50-calibre machine guns^[source]	4 × RWS Sentinel 2.0 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 x BPDMS (FBNW) 1 x VLS (FBNW)^[source]

Aircraft carried	Up to 6 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters^[source]	AV-8B Harrier II , Chinook , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk , NH90^[source]

Country of origin	United States^[source] United States^[source]	—

Landing craft carried	1 × LCAC , or 1 × LCU & 3 × LCM-6 , or 4 × LCM-8 , or 9 × LCM-6 , or 24 × AAV^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained	—

Namesake	—	King Juan Carlos I of Spain^[source]

Ordered	—	5 September 2003^[source]

Builder	—	Navantia^[source]

Laid down	—	May 2005^[source]

Launched	—	22 September 2009^[source]

Commissioned	—	30 September 2010^[source]

Home port	—	Naval Station Rota , Rota^[source]

Identification	—	Pennant number : L61^[source]

Status	—	Active^[source]

Class & type	—	Juan Carlos I class^[source]

Capacity	—	913 soldiers + up to 46 Leopard 2E tanks^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	LANZA-N air search, ARIES surface search, PAR aircraft landing EID ICCS integrated communications control system^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	REGULUS and RIGEL^[source]

Notes	—	Aircraft composition: Pure combat: 25 AV-8B/F-35B + 6 flight deck parking spots Mix: 11 AV-8B + 12 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots Pure transport: 25 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots^[source]