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ECUADORIAN NAVY (ECUADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

COMANDANCIA DE BALAO patrol craft (1976)

Names

Comandancia de Balao

Comandancia de Guayaquil

Comandancia de Salinas

Builders

Halter Marine, New Orleans, USA: Comandancia da Balao, Comandancia de Guayaquil, Comandancia de Salinas

Completed

1976: Comandancia da Balao, Comandancia de Guayaquil, Comandancia de Salinas

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1990s: Comandancia da Balao, Comandancia de Guayaquil, Comandancia de Salinas

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

34

Length, m

19.7

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

1.24

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

light arms

Electronic equipment

 

Complement

 

Project history: Small patrol boats. Coast Guard.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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