USS Barnstable County

History
United States
Name	Barnstable County
Namesake	Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Ordered	15 July 1966
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	19 December 1970
Launched	2 October 1971
Acquired	1 May 1972
Commissioned	27 May 1972
Decommissioned	29 June 1994
Stricken	23 July 2002
Identification	LST-1197
Fate	Sold to Spain, 22 August 1994
Spain
Name	Hernán Cortés
Namesake	Hernán Cortés
Commissioned	26 August 1994
Decommissioned	13 November 2009[1]
Identification	Pennant number L-41
Fate	Sold for scrap, 2014
General characteristics
Class and type	Newport-class tank landing ship
Displacement	8,792 long tons (8,933.1 t) full load
Length	522 ft (159.1 m)
Beam	70 ft (21.34 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.79 m)
Propulsion	6 × diesels; 16,000 hp; 2 × shafts; Single screw controllable pitch bow thruster
Speed	20 knots (37.0 km/h)
Capacity	17,300 sq ft (1,607.2 m2) vehicle, 2,000 short tons (1,814.4 t) total (500 short tons (453.6 t) when beaching)
Troops	360-400 embarked troops
Complement	14 officers, 210 enlisted
Armament	4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

USS Barnstable County (LST-1197) was the nineteenth ship of the Newport class of tank landing ships. She was laid down on 19 December 1970 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation and launched on 2 October 1971. She was commissioned on 27 May 1972. The ship was named after Barnstable County, Massachusetts.