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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

AYACUCHO motor patrol boats (1942-1943/1944)

Ayacucho 1945

Names

Ayacucho (ex-CG83349)

Boyacá (ex-CG83433)

Builders

Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA: Ayacucho, Boyacá

Commissioned

1942 // 8.1944: Ayacucho

1943 // 12.1944: Boyacá

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding late 1940s: Ayacucho, Boyacá

 

Displacement standard, t

45 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

4.88

Draught, m

1.37

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

20.5

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCR

Electronic equipment many boats: SO radar, sonar

Complement

10

Project history: USCG launches of 83ft type, transferred to Colombia in 1944.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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