Lepanto-class destroyer

	Lepanto underway at sea, c. 1970s
Class overview
Name	Lepanto class
Builders	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation; Bath Iron Works; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation; Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company;
Operators	Spanish Navy
Preceded by	Audaz class
Succeeded by	Oquendo class
Subclasses	Fletcher class
Built	1941–1943
In commission	1957–1988
Planned	5
Completed	5
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard; 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) full;
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m)
Draft	17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 × screws;
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar; 1 × Mark 37 Director;
Armament	5 × single 5"/38 cal guns; 3 × twin 40 mm bofors; 3 × single Oerlikon 20 mm guns; 2 × triple Mark 44 torpedo tubes; 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars; 2 × depth charge track;

The Lepanto class was a class of five destroyers of the Spanish Navy, which originated from the US Navy Fletcher-class destroyers. They entered service in 1957, with the last one being decommissioned in 1988.

Class overview
Lepanto underway at sea, c. 1970s
Name	Lepanto class
Builders	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation Bath Iron Works Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Operators	Spanish Navy
Preceded by	Audaz class
Succeeded by	Oquendo class
Subclasses	Fletcher class
Built	1941–1943
In commission	1957–1988
Planned	5
Completed	5
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) full
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m)
Draft	17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 × screws
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Sensors & processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar 1 × Mark 37 Director
Armament	5 × single 5"/38 cal guns 3 × twin 40 mm bofors 3 × single Oerlikon 20 mm guns 2 × triple Mark 44 torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 2 × depth charge track