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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

GC1 motor patrol launches (1924-1926/1933-1938)

Names

GC1 (ex-CG110)

CG3 (ex-CG144)

CG4 (ex-CG302)

CG5 (ex-...)

CG6 (ex-...)

CG7 (ex-...)

Builders

John Mathis, Camden, USA: GC1

Dachel-Carter, Benton Harbor, USA: GC3

Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA: GC4

USA: GC5 - 7

Commissioned

1924 // 1933: GC1

1924 // 1934: GC3

1924 - 1926 // 1936 - 1938: GC4 - 7

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1950: GC1

early 1960s: GC3 - 7

 

Displacement standard, t

37 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

22.9

Breadth, m

4.19

Draught, m

1.22

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 petrol engine

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Complement

12

Project history: USCG 75ft-type motor launches. GC1 was transferred in 1933 and arrived to Dominican Republic 15.1.1934.

Modernizations: 1942-1944, all: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCR

Naval service: No significant events.

GC4 1953

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