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BAP Tacna ARL-158

The Peruvian Navy added the Tacna ARL-158 logistics support vessel (LSV) to its fleet. The ship, the Navy’s largest, will provide offshore logistical support to naval force and shelp sailors respond to natural disasters. The LSV has the capacity to transport up to 17,040 tons of food, water, medicine and fuel, and can accommodate up to 160 crew members.The vessel BAP Tacna (ARL-158) has a deadweight of 20000 tonnes and was built in 1995. The gross tonnage is 18000.

It carries speedboats for maritime interdiction duties in the fight against criminal organizations, and is also outfitted with surgery and recovery rooms, where Military physicians can perform surgery and other medical procedures with the most sophisticated equipment available. The ship can reach a speed of 20 knots per hour. It also has a flight deck for SD-3D helicopters to carry out day and night operations and hangars for SH-3D and NH-90 helicopters, according to the website Caracol.

Its armament consists of two machine guns: a Browning M-2HB .50 caliber (12.7 mm) and a SGE-30 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS. These weapons can fire rounds at the rate of 4,200 rpm, with a lethality range from 200 meters to 3 kilometers, the website Defensa reported.

On 26 December 2014 in the morning, the HNLMS Amsterdam (ARL-158), logistics unit, acquired from the Kingdom of the Netherlands fleet, made its entry into the Peruvian national waters, having made rendezvous in the afternoon at sea, up to the port of Chimbote with two such units missile frigate of the Command of the Force area who were in tasks of patrolling and surveillance, BAP Villavicencio (FM-52) and the BAP Quiñones (FM-58), the which then welcome to the Force, they carried out exercises resupply and executed the first effective transfer of oil and light load with modern unit. This operational event demonstrated high professional preparation and readiness of our sailors in these maneuvers.

The HNLMS Amsterdam (ARL-158) joined the Nava Force Pacific at a ceremony held on 29 December 2014 at the Callao Naval Base, the same that will be attended by the President of the Republic, Ollanta Humala Tasso, the Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano Bellido, General Commander of the Navy, Admiral Carlos Tejada Mera and high civil and military authorities.

With the addition of the Tacna LSV to the Pacific Naval Force, “the Navy is recovering and strengthening operational capacities, as well as the morale and professionalism of its sailors,” President Ollanta Humala said on 29 December 2014, during the vessel’s commissioning ceremony at the Callao Naval Base. The Tacna arrived at Callao Naval Base under the command of Captain Marco Chacón Bejar. Relatives and friends greeted the crew of the ship, which was returning from a six-month mission during which its crew trained in the Netherlands with the Navy of that country.

The Tacna will become the Navy’s largest logistical support unit for humanitarian aid, and it will join the sailing vessel La Unión, which will be responsible for building the character of cadets and helping them learn navigational techniques,” Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano said during the commissioning ceremony. “The versatility and multiple capabilities of this vessel will allow it to provide logistical support to our offshore units by providing them with food and fuel in order to maintain operations over extended periods, giving more flexibility and autonomy to the Peruvian Navy and country,” Admiral Carlos Tejada Mera said during the ceremony.