&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Buque_de_aslto_anfibio(L-51)_Galicia.JPG) Galicia during the celebration of Armed Forces Day in Santander (2009)
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| History | |
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 Spain | |
| Name | Galicia |
| Namesake | Galicia |
| Ordered | 29 July 1994 |
| Builder | Empresa Nacional Bazán |
| Laid down | 31 May 1996 |
| Launched | 21 July 1997 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1998 |
| Homeport | Naval Station Rota |
| Identification | Pennant number: L51 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Galicia-class landing platform dock |
| Displacement | 13,815 t (13,597 long tons; 15,228 short tons) full load |
| Length | |
| Beam | 25 m (82 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) maximum |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) in 3 weeks |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 LCM-1E |
| Capacity | 543 fully-equipped soldiers and 130 APCs or 33 MBTs |
| Complement | 189 |
| Sensors and processing systems | DA08 air / surface search IRSCAN SATCOM, Link 1, JMCIS |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 SH-3D or 6 AB 212 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | 60 m × 25 m (197 ft × 82 ft) flight deck, hangar |
Galicia (L51) is a Galicia-class landing platform dock (LPD) of the Spanish Navy and is the seventh ship to bear this name. She is the lead ship in her class. The vessel was constructed in Ferrol, Spain and launched in 1997 and commissioned in 1998. Galicia is tasked with transporting Spanish marines, humanitarian aid missions and general logistic support. The LPD has taken part in actions against piracy in the Indian Ocean and off the Somalian coast, provided humanitarian aid following hurricanes and tsunamis and provided support during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.