Baependi 1944
Bracuí 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Bertioga (ex-DE175 Pennewill) | D16 | Federal, Newark, USA | 4.1943 | 8.8.1943 | 9/1943 // 8.1944 | stricken 1964 | |
| Beberibe (ex-DE178 Herzog) | D17 | Federal, Newark, USA | 5.1943 | 5.9.1943 | 10/1943 // 8.1944 | stricken 1968 | |
| Bracuí (ex-DE177 Reybold) | D18 | Federal, Newark, USA | 5.1943 | 22.8.1943 | 9/1943 // 8.1944 | stricken 7.1972 | |
| Bauru (ex-DE179 McAnn) | D19 | Federal, Newark, USA | 5.1943 | 5.9.1943 | 10/1943 // 8.1944 | stricken 9.1981 | |
| Baependi (ex-DE99 Cannon) | D20 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 11.1942 | 25.5.1943 | 9/1943 // 12.1944 | stricken 1973 | |
| Benavente (ex-DE100 Christopher) | D21 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 12.1942 | 19.6.1943 | 10/1943 // 12.1944 | stricken 1964 | |
| Babitonga (ex-DE101 Alger) | D22 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 1.1943 | 8.7.1943 | 11/1943 // 3.1945 | stricken 1964 | |
| Bocaina (ex-DE174 Marts) | D23 | Federal, Newark, USA | 4.1943 | 8.8.1943 | 9/1943 // 3.1945 | stricken 1975 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
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Displacement full, t |
1602 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500 (11) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
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Electronic equipment |
SC, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar |
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Complement |
186 |
Project history: American Cannon (DET) class destroyer escorts, transferred to Brazilian Navy after service under USN flag. Originally they carried hull numbers Be1-8, in 1955 changed to D16-23, in 1965 ships were re-rated as "ocean avizos" (patrol ships).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Bauru in 1981-1982 was reconstructed into appearance of wartime and 21.7.1982 was opened as naval museum, having kept till now.
Bauru 1952
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