BIC Islas San Carlos

BIC Islas San Carlos (BIC–49)

The BIC Islas San Carlos (BIC–49) in Cámarillo.
History
Creeperopolis
Name:	BIC Islas San Carlos (BIC–49)
Namesake:	San Carlos Islands
Owner:	Creeperian Navy
Operator:	Creeperian Navy
Ordered:	17 January 1982
Builder:	Díaz–Mori Shipbuilding
Laid down:	18 January 1985
Launched:	1 April 1987
Completed:	13 September 1987
Commissioned:	12 October 1987
In service:	12 October 1987
Homeport:	Cámarillo
Identification:	BIC–49
Nickname(s):	Carlos
Status:	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Castilliano-class heavy cruiser
Displacement:	9,600 long tons
Length:	567 feet
Beam:	55 feet
Draft:	34 feet
Installed power:	4 × LM2500 gas turbine engines
Propulsion:	2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders
Speed:	32.5 knots
Complement:	30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-73 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of: AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system
Armament:	2 × Mk 26 missile launchers 68 × RIM-66 SM-2 20 × RUR-5 ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Arpón missiles 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 45 lightweight gun 4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun 2 × Falange CIWS 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 x Maroto Botín H-2
Aviation facilities:	1 x helipad

The BIC Islas San Carlos (BIC–49) (Creeperian – Creeperian: ԲԻԾ Իսլաս Սան Ծարլոս (ԲԻԾ–78)) is a Castilliano-class heavy cruiser of the Creeperian Navy. The aircraft carrier is named after the San Carlos Islands viceroyalty of Creeperopolis.

Command

The ship is commanded by Captain Gonzalo Figueroa Hernández.

See also

• Castilliano-class heavy cruiser