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TORPEDO SHIPS

PARÁ destroyers (1942-1945/1959-1972)

Parana 1975

Pernambuco 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Pará (ex-Guest) D27   Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA 9/1941 20.2.1942 12/1942 // 5.6.1959 discarded 1978
Paraiba (ex-Bennett) D28   Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA 12/1941 16.4.1942 2/1943 // 15.12.1959 discarded 1978
Parana (ex-Cushing) D29   Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA 5.1943 30.9.1943 1/1944 // 20.7.1961 discarded 1982
Pernambuco (ex-Hailey) D30   Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA 4.1942 9.3.1943 9/1943 // 20.7.1961 discarded 1982
Piauí (ex-Lewis Hancock) D31   Federal, Kearny, USA 3/1943 1.8.1943 9/1943 // 2.8.1967 discarded 1989
Santa Catharina (ex-Irwin) D32   Bethlehem, San Pedro, USA 5/1943 31.10.1943 2/1944 // 10.5.1968 discarded 1978
Maranhão (ex-Shields) D33   Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton, USA 8/1943 25.9.1944 2/1945 // 1.7.1972 discarded 1990

 

Displacement standard, t

2325

Displacement full, t

3005

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

D27, 29: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 5 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 - 324 TC, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 DCR

D28: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 DCR

D30: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 DCR

D31: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 DCR

D32: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 DCR

D33: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 5 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 DCR

Electronic equipment

SPS-6, SPS-10, Mk 25 radars, SQS-4, SQS-29 or SQS-32 sonar

Complement

273

   

Project history: Former Fletcher class destroyers of US Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Parana 1978

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