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PRESIDENTE ELOY ALFARO destroyer (1946/1978)

Presidente Eloy Alfaro 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Presidente Eloy Alfaro (ex-Holder) DD01   Consolidated, Orange, USA 23.4.1945 25.8.1945 18.5.1946 // 1.9.1978 stricken 1991

 

Displacement standard, t

2425

Displacement full, t

3500

Length, m

116.6 wl 119.1 oa

Breadth, m

12.4

Draught, m

4.40 hull 5.80 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

oil 650

Endurance, nm(kts) 4800(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter

Electronic equipment

LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite

Complement

270

Project history: Former USN Gearing class destroyer, reconstructed under FRAM I programme.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Presidente Eloy Alfaro 1981

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