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GUATEMALA NAVY (GUATEMALA)

COASTAL FORCES

TECUNUMAN coastal patrol craft (1971-1981)

Names

P651 Tecunuman, 1996- GC651 Tecunuman

P652 Kaibil Balam, 1996- GC652 Kaibik Balam

P653 Azumanche, 1996- GC653 Azumanche

P654 Tzacol, 1996- GC654 Tzacol

P655 Bitol, 1996- GC655 Bitol

P656 Gucumaz, 1996- BH656 Gucumaz

Builders

Halter Marine, New Orleans, USA: P651-656

Commissioned

1971: P651

1972: P652, 653

1976: P654, 655

1981: P656

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): GC651-655, BH656

Displacement standard, t

34

Displacement full, t

45

Length, m

19.7

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71 diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 400(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 3 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

10

Project history: US Cutlass type. Aluminium hull.

Modernizations: 1991, all: - 1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90; + 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

1995, Tzacol, Gucumaz; 1997, Tecunuman, Kaibil Balan, Azumanche, Bitol: diesels were replaced by 2 General Motors 8V92TA (1300hp, 25kts)

 

Naval service: Gucumaz used as survey boat.

Azumanche 2004

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2019