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CAONABO patrol tugs (1945/1972-1980)

Caonabo 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Caonabo (ex-Sagamore) RM18   Gulfport Boiler, Port Arthur, USA 27.11.1944 19.1.1945 19.8.1945 // 1.2.1972 stricken 1993
Enriquillo (ex-Stallion) RM22   Levington SB, Orange, USA 26.10.1944 24.11.1944 1.2.1945 // 30.10.1980 stricken 2006

 

Displacement standard, t

534

Displacement full, t

860

Length, m

43.6

Breadth, m

10.3

Draught, m

3.96

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 General Motors 12-278A diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil 160

Endurance, nm(kts) 8000(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment SPS-5D radar

Complement

45

Project history: Former USN Sotoyomo class auxiliary ocean tugs, used mainly as patrol.

Modernizations: 1990s, both: - SPS-5D radar; + Raytheon 1500B radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Caonabo 1975

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