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MEXICAN NAVY (MEXICO)

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18 DE MAYO submarine chasers (1917-1918/1934)

18 de Mayo 1941

Names

18 de Mayo

Yaqui

Builders

New York N Yd, Brooklyn: 1 boat

USA: 1 boat

Commissioned

1917/1918 // 1934: 1 boat

1-12/1918 // 1934: 1 boat

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

late 1940s: Mayo, Yaqui

 

Displacement normal, t

75

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Standard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

660

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

petrol 9080 l
Endurance, nm(kts) 1000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 4.7.9, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 DCT ("Y"-gun)

Complement 27

 

Project history: Former USN submarine chasers of 110ft the type, built by ELCO in days of WWI and transferred to Mexico in 1934. One of boats had number SC38 under US flag, the number of the second is unknown.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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