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MACORIX patrol tug (1943/1972)

Macorix 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Macorix (ex-Kiowa, ex-ATF72) RM21   Charleston SB, USA 22.6.1942 5.11.1942 7.6.1943 // 16.10.1972 stricken 1983

 

Displacement standard, t

1234

Displacement full, t

1675

Length, m

59.4 wl 62.5 oa

Breadth, m

11.7

Draught, m

4.67

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 General Motors 12-278 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 295

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

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

Electronic equipment SPS-5D radar

Complement

85

Project history: Former USN Cherokee class fleet tug, used mainly as patrol.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Macorix 1975

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