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LAUTARO patrol vessels (1943-1944/1947)

Lautaro 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Lautaro (ex-ATA122, ex-ATR44) 1, 1960- 62   Levingston SB, Orange, USA 10/1942 17.11.1942 6/1943 // 19.9.1947 stricken 1991, to Uruguay (San Jose)
Lientur (ex-ATA177) 2, 1960- 60   Levingston SB, Orange, USA 4/1944 5.6.1944 9/1944 // 29.9.1947 stricken 1984
Leucotón (ex-ATA200) 3, 1960- 61   Gulfport Boiler & Welding, Port Arthur, USA 7/1944 8.9.1944 10/1944 // 9.1947 wrecked 15.8.1965

Displacement standard, t

534

Displacement full, t

835

Length, m

41.0 pp 43.6 oa

Breadth, m

10.3

Draught, m

4.01

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Electric 12-278A diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil 171

Endurance, nm(kts)

16500(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar

Complement

49

Project history: Former USN Sotoyomo class tugs, later used by Chilean Navy as patrol tugs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Leucotón ran aground 15.8.1965 and was declared a total loss.

Lautaro 1979

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