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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

RIGEL patrol boat (1953/1965)

Names

GC101 Rigel

Builders

USA: GC101

Commissioned

1953 // 1965: GC101

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1978: GC101

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

27

Length, m

19.3

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 6V71 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

18.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Complement

9

Project history: Former US 63ft aircraft-rescue launch.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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