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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

ESCORTS

CAMBIASO corvettes (1945/1976)

Calderas 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cambiaso (ex-Etlah) P207   Marietta Mfg, USA   16.12.1944 16.4.1945 // 9.1976 stricken 1997
Separación (ex-Passaconaway) P208   Marine Iron & Railway, Duluth, USA   30.6.1944 27.4.1945 // 9.1976 stricken 2006
Calderas (ex-Passaic) P209   Leatham D. Smith, Sturgeon Bay, USA   29.6.1944 6.3.1945 // 9.1976 stricken 2004

 

Displacement standard, t

650

Displacement full, t

785

Length, m

44.5 pp 51.4 oa

Breadth, m

10.3

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 Busch-Sulzer BS-539 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

12.3

Fuel, t

diesel oil 88

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

P207, 208: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

P209: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment SPS-64 radar

Complement

48

Project history: Former USN Cohoes class net tenders, laid up since 1963. Cambiaso and Separación had the net tender horns removed and a second 76mm gun installed on the forecastle.

Modernizations: 1990s, both: - SPS-64 radar; + SPS-64(v)6 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Separación 1980

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