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NAVY OF EL SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

GC5 patrol boat (1967)

Names

GC5

Builders

Sewart Seacraft, Berwick, USA: GC5

Commissioned

9/1967: GC5

Losses

GC5 (1990)

Transfers

None

Discarding

None

 

Displacement standard, t

33

Displacement full, t

36

Length, m

19.8

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors 12V71 diesels

Power, h. p.

1860

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1360(17)

Armament 3 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment  

Complement

 

Project history: US 65ft Commercial Cruiser class patrol boat.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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