Almirante Brown 1963
Almirante Brown 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Almirante Brown (ex-Heermann) | D20 | Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA | 5.1942 | 5.12.1942 | 7/1943 // 10.8.1961 | sold 12.1979 | |
Espora (ex-Dortch) | D21 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 3.1943 | 20.6.1943 | 8/1943 // 10.8.1961 | stricken 2.1979 | |
Rosales (ex-Stembel) | D22 | 213 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 12/1942 | 8.5.1943 | 7/1943 /.3.8/1961 | sold 12.1981 |
Domecq García (ex-Braine) | D23 | 209 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 10/1942 | 7.3.1943 | 5/1943 // 17.8.1971 | stricken 11.1982 |
Almirante Storni (ex-Cowell) | D24 | Bethlehem, San Pedro, USA | 9.1942 | 18.3.1943 | 8/1943 // 17.8.1971 | sold 12.1979 |
Displacement standard, t |
2100 |
Displacement full, t |
3050 |
Length, m |
112.5 wl 114.7 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.1 |
Draught, m |
4.19 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
Power, h. p. |
60000 |
Max speed, kts |
38 |
Fuel, t |
oil 492 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6500 (15) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (56) |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, SPS-10, Mk 25, Mk 35 radars, SQS-4 sonar |
Complement |
273 |
Project history: Former USN Fletcher class destroyers transferred to Argentina.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Rosales 1978
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015