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MARCÍLIO DIAS destroyers (1945/1973)

Marcílio Dias 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Marcílio Dias (ex-Henry W. Tucker) D25   Consolidated, Orange, USA 29.5.1944 8.11.1944 10.3.1945 // 3.12.1973 stricken 9.1994
Mariz e Barros (ex-Brinkley Bass) D26   Consolidated, Orange, USA 20.12.1944 26.5.1945 1.10.1945 // 3.12.1973 stricken 9.1997

 

Displacement standard, t

2425

Displacement full, t

3600

Length, m

116.6 wl 119.2 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.61 hull 6.40 over sonar

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

oil 750

Endurance, nm(kts) 4800(15)

Armament

1 õ 8 ASROC ASuR (12 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 helicopter (Wasp)

Electronic equipment

SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites

Complement

274

 

Project history: Former Gearing class destroyers of US Navy, received FRAM I modernization. ASROC system was not operational and no missiles were transferred really from USA.

Modernizations: Later years of service ships carried Jet Ranger helicopter instead of Wasp.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

Mariz e Barros 1977

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