BAP ''Pisco'' (AMP-156) is a ''Makassar''-class landing platform dock belonging to the

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that was built between 2013 - 2017 by Shipyard Marine Industrial Services of Peru, known as

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History

Design and planning

The design of the ''Pisco'' was carried out by South Korea's Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. in collaboration with Peru's state owned shipyard,

. It is a ''Makassar''-class landing platform dock, with the class originally being developed in the early-2000s for the

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. The Peruvian Ministry of Defense a memorandum on 10 April 2012 for two Makassar-class LPDs and in early-2013, Peru paid a contract of $60 million to construct the ''Pisco'', the first of the two LPDs designated for the Peruvian Navy. The ''Pisco'' would then be constructed in Peru by SIMA with the continued cooperation from Daesun Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. ''Piscos design includes accommodation of 157 crew members and up to 400 marines. The well deck can handle two 23-meter

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while an additional cargo deck in the ship can hold up to 14

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vehicles, which Peru had recently acquired from Canada in mid-2016. The flight deck of the ''Pisco'' has the capability to hold two

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helicopters of the

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while an incorporated hangar can store an additional helicopter. The ship uses a

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system, and can reportedly transport 450 troops for up to 30 days.

Construction

The ''Pisco'' was laid down on 12 July 2013, though real progress on construction began in late-2014. The ship (

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) was launched on 25 April 2017 and was expected to be delivered to the fleet in August 2018. In April 2018 the ship started sea trials. She was commissioned on 6 July 2018.

Service

One of the ''Pisco'''s first tasks began on 11 February 2019 requiring the ship to deliver 500-tons of humanitarian aid from Callao to Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna in response to heavy rains and landslides in southern Peru.

References

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