Caribe 1955
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Caribe (ex-PCE872) | PE301 | Albina, Portland, USA | 1.1943 | 24.3.1943 | 11.1943 // 11.1947 | stricken 1976 | |
Siboney (ex-PCE893) | PE302 | Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA | 10.1943 | 8.5.1944 | 7.1944 // 11.1947 | hulk 1973 |
Displacement standard, t |
795 |
Displacement full, t |
903 |
Length, m |
54.9 wl 56.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
Draught, m |
2.90 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2000 |
Max speed, kts |
15.1 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 140 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 8500 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR |
Electronic equipment |
SG or SL radar, QHA sonar |
Complement | 96 |
Project history: Former USN PCE class patrol escorts.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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