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CALIFORNIA frigates (1944/1947)

California 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
General Vicente Guerrero (ex-Annapolis), early 1950s- Usumacinta     American SB, Lorain, USA 5.1943 16.10.1943 12.1944 // 24.11.1947 discarded 8.1964
General José María Morelos (ex-Bangor), early 1950s- Tehuantepec     American SB, Lorain, USA 5/1943 6.11.1943 11.1944 // 24.11.1947 discarded 8.1964
California (ex-Hutchinson)     Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA 1943 27.8.1943 2.1944 // 24.11.1947 discarded 6.1964
Papaloapan (ex-Gladwyne)     Globe, Duluth, USA 10/1943 7.1.1944 11.1944 // 24.11.1947 discarded 6.1964

 

Displacement standard, t

1420

Displacement full, t

2200

Length, m

87.0 wl 92.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

3.86

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

oil 645

Endurance, nm(kts) 9500 (12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Electronic equipment

SA, SL radars, QGA sonar

Complement

180

Project history: Former USN Tacoma class frigates.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Usumacinta 1953

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