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G30 submarine chasers (1942-1945/1952)

G30 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
G30 (ex-PC820) G30   Albina, Portland, USA 5.1943 2.8.1943 9.1943 // 1952 discarded 1966
G31 (ex-PC608) G31   Brown, Houston, USA 1.1942 16.5.1942 8.1942 // 1952 discarded 1964
G32 (ex-PC614) G32   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA 7.1942 23.12.1942 7.1943 // 1952 discarded 1964
G33 (ex-PC813) G33   Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA 12.1943 27.3.1944 5.1945 // 1952 discarded 1966
G34 (ex-PC794) G34   Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA 4.1943 29.5.1943 5.1944 // 1952 discarded 1964
G35 (ex-PC824) G35   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 3.1944 10.5.1944 8.1944 // 1952 discarded 1966
G36 (ex-PC1224) G36   Penn-Jersey, Camden, USA 8.1943 9.7.1944 1.1945 // 1952 discarded 1964
G37 (ex-PC819) G37   Albina, Portland, USA 3.1943 19.5.1943 8.1943 // 1952 discarded 1966
G38 (ex-PC1210) G38   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 9.1943 30.10.1943 5.1944 // 1952 discarded 1971

 

Displacement standard, t

280 - 414

Displacement full, t

330 - 463

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

2.36 - 3.30 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

19 - 21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts) 3000 (12) - 4800 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

Complement 59 - 65

Project history: Former USN PC class patrol craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

G30 1953

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