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ASTRONAUTA FRANKLIN CHANG patrol boat (1958/1989)

Astronauta Franklin Chang 1990

Names

SP951 Astronauta Franklin Chang (ex-Cape Henlopen, ex-WPB95328), 2001- 95-1 Astronauta Franklin Chang

Builders

USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA: SP951

Commissioned

1958 // 1989: SP951

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

2010: 95-1

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

90

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 16V149TI diesels

Power, h. p.

2470

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 1900(11.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment SPS-64(v)1 radar

Complement

14

Project history: Former USCG Cape-class cutter.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Astronauta Franklin Chang 1989

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