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VEINTICINCO DE JULIO frigate (1943/1967)

Morán Valverde 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Veinteicinco de Julio (25 de Julio) (ex-Enright), 1978- Morán Valverde E12, 1970- D1, 1978- DD02   Philadelphia N Yd, USA 2/1943 29.5.1943 9/1943 // 14.7.1967 deleted 1989

 

Displacement standard, t

1725

Displacement full, t

2130

Length, m

91.4 wl 93.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

3.84 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Electric steam turbo-generators, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

12000

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

oil 350

Endurance, nm(kts) 5500 (15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SPS-6, SPS-10 radars, QGA sonar

Military load

2 LCVP, 162 marines, deck cargo

Complement 203

Project history: Former USN APD class fast personnel transport, transferred under MDAP. Can carry 4 LCVPs on davits but carried only two to reduce top weight.

Modernizations: early 1970s: - 6 x 1 - 20/70; + helicopter deck

Naval service: No significant events.

25 de Julio 1968

25 de Julio 1974

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