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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

GC9 LUPERÓN motor patrol launches (1943/1944)

Names

GC9 Luperón (ex-C56197), 1962- Las Calderas

GC10 22 de Julio (ex-C56198), 1962- Bahía Ocoa

GC11 16 de Agosto (ex-C56199), 1962- Bahía Manzanillo

Builders

Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA: GC9-11

Commissioned

1943 // early 1944: GC9-11

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

mid-1960s: GC11

early 1970s: GC9, 10

 

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

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCR

Complement

14

Project history: Former USN boats, transferred to Dominican Republic in the beginning of 1944.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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