2 Ouragan-class dock landing ships [LSD]           Bldr: DCN, Brest

                                                           Laid down            L                In serv.

L 9021 OURAGAN                     6-62           9-11-63             1-6-65

L 9022 ORAGE                          6-66           22-4-67             1-4-68

D: 5,965 tons (8,500 fl; 15,000 flooded)       S: 17.3 (L 9021: 15) kts

Dim: 149.00 (144.50 pp) × 21.50 × 5.40 (8.70 flooded)

A: 2 2-round Simbad SAM syst. (. . . Mistral missiles); 2 single 40-mm 60-cal. Bofors (L 9022: 2 single 30-mm OTOBreda-Mauser) AA; 4 single 12.7-mm mg

Electronics:

      Radar: 2 DRBN-34 nav.

      E/O: 2 DIBC-2A optronic weapons directors

M: L 9021: 2 SEMT-Pielstick 12 PC2 V2 diesels; 2 CP props; 8,640 bhp—L 9022: 2 SEMT-Pielstick 12 PC2.1 V400 diesels; 2 CP props; 9,400 bhp

Electric: 2,650 kw tot.           Range: 9,000/15

Crew: 12 officers, 78 petty officers, 115 ratings + up to 470 troops

Remarks: TCD = Transport de Chalands de Débarquement. Were originally to have been replaced in 1992, then to be retired in 2000 and 2003, but have now been extended to 2004 and 2006, respectively.

Hull systems: The bridge is mounted to starboard of the permanent helicopter deck. Both have repair facilities. Can carry 349 troops, including 14 officers, or 470 troops for a short distance. The 120-m-long docking well, which has a 14 × 5.5–m stern gate, can be submerged by 3 m. Movement of the sluices and valves is automatic, using pumps (3,000 m³/hr) controlled from a central position. A removable deck in six sections covers 36 m of the after part of the well and allows the landing and takeoff of heavy helicopters. A 90-m-long temporary deck in 15 sections can be used to stow cargo or vehicles, but its use reduces the number of landing craft that can be carried. They can embark either two EDIC landing craft for infantry and tanks, carrying 11 light tanks or trucks, or eight LCM(8) with tanks or vehicles and, in addition, heavy helicopters on the landing platform. If used as cargo carriers, they can embark 1,500 tons of material. Lifting equipment includes two 35-ton cranes.

Combat systems: A combined command center permits the simultaneous direction of helicopter and amphibious operations. The SQS-17 sonar on L 9021 has been removed, as have the ship’s former two 120-mm mortars. Both had two Simbad light SAM launchers added in 1992 in place of two 40-mm mounts. Now have Syracuse II SATCOM facilities, as well as an Inmarsat transceiver. Plans to replace the remaining two 40-mm guns with 30-mm OTOBreda-Mauser gunmounts have been canceled, but both have two SAGEM DIBC-2A (VIGY 105) panoramic electro-optical weapons-control systems as part of a reduced version of the OP3A/SENIT 8.01 self-defense combat control system.