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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

SANCHEZ submarine chasers (1943/1947)

Sanchez 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Sanchez (ex-SC1351), 1962- 30 de Marzo GC101   Vineyard, Milford, USA 9.1942 11.3.1943 4.1943 // 1947 stricken 1965
Mella (ex-SC1353), 1962- Las Carreras GC102   Vineyard, Milford, USA 11.1942 3.6.1943 8.1943 // 1947 stricken 1965

 

Displacement standard, t

121

Displacement full, t

136

Length, m

32.8 wl 33.8 oa

Breadth, m

5.18 - 5.50

Draught, m

1.88 - 2.00 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts) 1500 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (34)

Electronic equipment

SO or SW-1C radar, QC sonar

Complement 27

Project history: Former USN 110ft submarine chasers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sanchez 1952

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