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MINISTRO ZENTENO destroyers (1944/1974)

Ministro Zenteno 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Ministro Zenteno (ex-Charles S. Sperry) 16   Federal, Kearny, USA 19.10.1943 13.3.1944 17.5.1944 // 8.1.1974 stricken 1990
Ministro Portales (ex-Douglas H. Fox) 17   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 31.1.1944 30.9.1944 26.12.1944 // 8.1.1974 stricken 1990

 

Displacement standard, t

2200

Displacement full, t

3300

Length, m

112.5 wl 114.8 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.30 hull 5.80 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 650

Endurance, nm(kts)

4600(15)

Armament

3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 44), 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Alouette III)

Electronic equipment

16: SPS-29, SPS-10, Mk 25 radars, SQS-40 sonar with towed array, WLR-1 ECM suite

17: SPS-40, SPS-10, Mk 25 radars, SQS-40 sonar with towed array, WLR-1 ECM suite

Complement

274

   

Project history: Former USN Allen M. Sumner class destroyers, received FRAM II modernization.

Modernizations: 1980, bots: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, towed sonar array; + 2 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (2 MM38)

1982, both: - 2 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Naval service: No significant events.

Ministro Zenteno 1979

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