BAP Paita (DT-141)

BAP Paita (DT-141) is the former-USS Walworth County (LST-1164), a Landing Ship, Tank leased from the US Navy for five years on 7 August 1984; recommissioned 4 March 1985; leased later extended to 1994.[3]

BAP Paita (right) moored outboard of BAP Eten in 2008
History
United States
Name	Walworth County
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	22 September 1952[1]
Launched	15 May 1953[1]
Commissioned	26 October 1953[1]
Decommissioned	2 April 1971[1]
In service	with Military Sealift Command in non-commissioned service from May 1972 to 1 November 1973
Renamed	USS Walworth County 1 July 1955 (used to be USS LST-1164) Became USNS Walworth County May 1972
Reclassified	T-LST-1164 May 1972
Fate	Leased to Peru 7 August 1984
Peru
Name	Paita
Acquired	7 August 1984
Commissioned	4 March 1985
Decommissioned	September 2012
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	LST-1156-(Terrebonne Parish-) class landing ship tank
Displacement	2,590 tons (light) 5,800 tons (full load)
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,470 kW)
Propulsion	Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers
Speed	14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Capacity	2,000 tons cargo
Troops	395
Complement	116
Armor	5 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns

The Paita participated in joint military amphibious training exercises with the United States in 2002, the largest such training exercise ever held by Peru. She is no longer in service, as the unit is no longer listed under operational ships in the Peruvian navy web page.[4] She was officially decommissioned in September 2012.