Comandante General Zapiola 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Comandante General Zapiola (ex-Arapaho) | 1965- A2 | Charleston SB, USA | 8.11.1941 | 22.6.1942 | 20.1.1943 // 10.7.1961 | wrecked 10.1.1976 |
Displacement standard, t |
1217 |
Displacement full, t |
1731 |
Length, m |
59.4 pp 62.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.7 |
Draught, m |
5.18 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
4 General Electric 12-278 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor |
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
Max speed, kts |
16.2 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 315 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
15000(8) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Electronic equipment |
radar |
Complement |
71 |
Project history: Former USN Navajo class tug, used as patrol.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Comandante General Zapiola ran aground 10.1.1976 on an Antarctic reef and was declared a total loss.
Comandante General Zapiola 1973
© Ivan Gogin, 2017