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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 1 of 3
Sachsen-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Sachsen-class frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | — |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched | 13 February 1975[source] |
143 m (469 ft 2 in)[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] | 2 × MTU V20 diesel engines 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine 2 × controllable-pitch propellers[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 | — |
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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 Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Nordseewerke[source] |
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| Operators | — | German Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Lütjens class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | F127[source] |
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| Cost | — | ~€2 billion program cost[source] |
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| Built | — | 1999–2006[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2003–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 × Thales Nederland SMART-L air and surface surveillance radar 1 × Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking, and guidance radar 1 × Hensoldt TRS-4D mult-function AESA radar (modernization) 2 × STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function ARPA radars 1 × STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system 1 × STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow sonar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher[source] |
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| Armament | — | 1 × OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 × Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons 32 × Mk 41 cells for SM-2 and RIM-162 ESSM surface-to-air missiles 2 × RAM launchers 2 × quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 × triple torpedo launchers with MU90 Impact torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters[source] |
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| National origin | — | Germany[source] |
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