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PARÁ frigates (1965-1968/1989)

Pernambuco 2001

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Pará (ex-Albert David) D27   Lockheed, Seattle, USA 29.4.1964 19.12.1964 19.10.1968 // 18.9.1989 retired 11.2008
Paraíba (ex-Davidson) D28   Avondale, Westwego, USA 30.9.1963 2.10.1964 7.12.1965 // 25.7.1989 stricken 7.2002
Paraná (ex-Sample) D29   Puget Sound Bridge (Lockheed), Seattle, USA 19.7.1963 28.4.1964 23.3.1968 // 24.8.1989 stricken 7.2002
Pernmabuco (ex-Bradley) D30   Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA 17.1.1963 26.3.1964 15.5.1965 // 25.9.1989 stricken 3.2004

 

Displacement standard, t

2441

Displacement full, t

3371

Length, m

118.9 wl 126.2 oa

Breadth, m

13.4

Draught, m

7.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

D27, 29: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers

D28, 30: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers

Power, h. p.

35000

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(20)

Armament

D27, 29: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk 116 ASuR (16 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), helicopter deck

D28, 30: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk 116 ASuR (8 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 helicopter (SH-11 Lynx)

Electronic equipment

D27, 29: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26AXR sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy

D28, 30: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26BX sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy

Complement

286

   

Project history: Former USN Garcia class frigates. Pará and Paraná had their SQR-15 towed  array sonar removed prior the transfer but retained small DASH hangars that can not accommodate Lynx helicopter.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Pernambuco 2001

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