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BLAS GODINEZ corvettes (1943-1944/1947)

Blas Godinez 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pedro Sainz de Baranda (ex-PCE844)     Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 7.1943 1.12.1943 2.1944 // 1947 discarded 1965
David Porter (ex-PCE847)     Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 8.1943 27.12.1943 3/1944 // 1947 discarded 1965
Virgilio Uribe (ex-PCE868)     Albina, Portland, USA 8.1942 29.1.1943 8.1943 // 12.1947 discarded 1965
Blas Godínez (ex-PCE871)     Albina, Portland, USA 12.1942 10.3.1943 10.1943 // 1947 discarded 1965
Tomás Marín (ex-PCE875)     Albina, Portland, USA 3.1943 27.5.1943 1.1944 // 1947 discarded 1972

 

Displacement standard, t

795

Displacement full, t

903

Length, m

54.9 wl 56.2 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts) 8500 (12)

Armament

Pedro Sainz de Baranda, David Porter, Tomás Marín: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 DCT

Virgilio Uribe: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 DCT

Blas Godinez: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 DCT

Electronic equipment

SG or SL radar, QHA sonar

Complement 96

Project history: Former USN PCE class patrol craft, escorts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Pedro Sainz de Baranda1950

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