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Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 3 of 4
MEKO 200larger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | MEKO 200 |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | MEKO 200 MEKO A-200 MEKO A class MEKO D Delta class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
118 m (387 ft)[source]
1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine
Single source1 MaK 12-cylinder diesel engine 5,880 kW (7,890 hp )[source]
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13 February 1975[source] |
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | — |
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| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
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| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | — |
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| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Type | Rhön -class tanker[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] | 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration.[source] |
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| Capacity | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference | Germany[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Blohm + Voss[source] |
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| Operators | — | See Operators Turkish Naval Forces Royal Australian Navy Hellenic Navy Portuguese Navy Royal New Zealand Navy South African Navy Algerian National Navy Egyptian Navy[source] |
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| In service | — | 1987–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 42[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — | 34[source] |
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| Active | — | 33[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Sonars : Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array Air search radar : Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar : Saab 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation : Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM : Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept) Countermeasures : Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk-36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC[source] |
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| Armament | — | Guns : 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 2 naval artillery gun 3 × Phalanx or Sea Zenith CIWS Missiles : Mk-41 Mod 5/Mod 8 VLS for ESSM and Sea Sparrow SAM 2 x 8 × Harpoon or 2 x 8 × RBS-15 SSM Torpedoes : 2 × triple 324 mm Mk-32 Mod 5 tubes Fire control : Saab 9LV 453 (J-band) Combat data systems : Saab 9LV 453 Mk-3 Link 11 Weapons control : Saab 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk-73 Mod 1[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × SH-2G Super Seasprite[source] |
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