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ALMIRANTE PADILLA frigates (1943-1945/1965-1969)

Almirante Padilla 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Almirante Padilla (ex-Tollberg) DT03   Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 12.1943 12.2.1944 1.1945 // 14.8.1965 discarded 1973
Almirante Tono (ex-Bassett) DT04   Consolidated, Orange, USA 11.1943 15.1.1944 2.1945 // 6.9.1968 discarded 1977
Almirante Brión (ex-Burke) DT07   Philadelphia N Yd, USA 1/1943 3.4.1943 7/1943 // 8.12.1968 discarded 1974
Córdoba (ex-Ruchamkin) DT15   Philadelphia N Yd, USA 2.1944 15.6.1944 9.1944 // 24.11.1969 museum 1980

  

Displacement standard, t

1725

Displacement full, t

2114

Length, m

91.4 wl 93.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

3.84 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Electric steam turbo-generators, 2 boilers, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

12000

Max speed, kts

23.6

Fuel, t

oil 347

Endurance, nm(kts) 5500 (15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

presumably SA, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar (most ships)

Military load

4 LCVP, 162 marines, deck cargo

Complement 203

Project history: Former USN APD class fast attack transports. 20mm guns were removed to take place for 30 additional beds.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Almirante Brión 1971

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