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GUAPORÉ patrol craft (1942-1943/1942-1943)

Guaporé 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Guaporé (ex-PC544) G1   Defoe, Bay City, USA 3.1942 30.5.1942 6.1942 // 9.1942 discarded 1958
Gurupi (ex-PC547) G2   Defoe, Bay City, USA 4.1942 22.5.1942 7.1942 // 9.1942 discarded 1960
Guaíba (ex-PC604) G3   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 2.1942 24.10.1942 3.1943 // 6.1943 discarded 1952
Gurupá (ex-PC605) G4   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 3.1942 19.11.1942 5.1943 // 6.1943 discarded 1952
Guajará (ex-PC607) G5   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 7.1942 11.2.1943 8.1943 // 10.1943 discarded 1960
Goiana (ex-PC554) G6   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 12.1941 1.5.1942 9.1942 // 10.1943 discarded 1952
Grajaú (ex-PC1236) G7   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 1.1943 24.4.1943 8.1943 // 11.1943 discarded 1960
Graúna (ex-PC561) G8   Jeffersonville, USA 1.1942 1.5.1942 7.1942 // 11.1943 discarded 1960

 

Displacement standard, t

280

Displacement full, t

330

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts) 4800 (12)

Armament

Guaporé, Gurupi, Guaíba, Gurupá: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 3 õ 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Goiana, Graúna, Guajará, Grajaú: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

Complement 65

   

Project history: American 173ft type patrols, transferred to Brazil after short service under US flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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