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ALMIRANTE JUAN ALEJANDRO ACOSTA patrol ships (1943/1995-2001)

Almirante Didiez Burgos 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Almirante Juan Alejandro Acosta (ex-Citrus) C456, 2006- PA302   Marine Iron & SB, Duluth, USA 29.4.1942 15.8.1942 30.5.1943 // 29.9.1995 stricken 2012
Almirante Didiez Burgos (ex-Buttonwood) C457, 2006- PA301   Marine Iron & SB, Duluth, USA 5.10.1942 30.11.1942 24.9.1943 // 28.6.2001 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

935

Displacement full, t

1050

Length, m

51.8 pp 54.9 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

C456: 2 Cooper-Bessemer 8-cyl diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

C457: 2 General Motors EMD 8-645E6A diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

C456: 7600(13)

C457: 5500(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

2x SPS-64(v)1 radars

Complement

42

Project history: Former USCG Balsam class buoy tenders.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Almirante Didiez Burgos 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019