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NAVY OF EL SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

GC6 patrol boats (1975)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
  GC6, 2003- PM6   Camcraft, Crown Point, USA     24.10.1975 in service (2019)
  GC7, 2003- PM7   Camcraft, Crown Point, USA     8.11.1975 in service (2019)
  GC8, 2003- PM8   Camcraft, Crown Point, USA     3.12.1975 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

100

Length, m

30.5

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

780(24)

Armament 3 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

10

Project history: US Camcraft design patrol boats. Aluminium hull.

Modernizations: 1985-1986, all: - 1 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 81/12 mortar

1995, all: - radar; + Furuno radar

Naval service: No significant events.

PM8 2011

© Ivan Gogin, 2019