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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

ALBUQUERQUE patrol gunboats (1969/1983)

Albuquerque 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Albuquerque (ex-Welch) P111, 1992- GC111, 1999- PO111   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 8.8.1967 25.7.1968 8.9.1969 // 16.5.1983 stricken 2008
Quitasueño (ex-Tacoma) P112, 1992- GC112, 1999- PO112   Tacoma BB, USA 24.7.1967 13.4.1968 14.7.1969 // 16.5.1983 in service (2019)
 

Displacement standard, t

225

Displacement full, t

245

Length, m

46.9 pp 50.1 oa

Breadth, m

7.28

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 Cummins VT12-875M diesels / 1 General Electric 7LM-1500-PE102 gas turbine

Power, h. p.

1450 / 12500

Max speed, kts

16 / 40

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil 50

Endurance, nm(kts)

1700(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

LN-66 radar

Complement

25

Project history: Former USN Ashville class gumboats, GFC with SPG-50 radar was removed prior to transfer.

Modernizations: 1990s, Albuquerque: - 1 x 1 - 40/60; + helicopter deck for small helicopter

Naval service: Boats were transferred from navy to Coast Guard in 1992.

Quitasueño 2000

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