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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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PRESIDENTE TRONCOSO frigates (1944/1947)

Gregorio Luperón 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Presidente Troncoso (ex-Knoxville), 1962- Gregorio Luperón F103, 1968- F452   Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior, USA 4/1943 10.7.1943 4.1944 // 9.1947 discarded 1979
Presidente Peynado (ex-Pueblo), 1962- Capitán General Pedro Santana F104, 1968- F453   Kaiser, Richmond, USA 11.1943 20.1.1944 5.1944 // 9.1947 discarded 1979

 

Displacement standard, t

1509

Displacement full, t

2238

Length, m

87.0 wl 92.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

3.86

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 768

Endurance, nm(kts) 9500 (12)

Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/22, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

SA, SL radars, QGA sonar

Complement

190

Project history: Former USN Tacoma class frigates without ASW capability.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Gregorio Luperón 1972

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