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NATIONAL MARITIME SERVICE OF PANAMA

COASTAL FORCES

NAOS patrol craft (1965/1992)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Naos (ex-Erline, ex-Orrin) P303   Equitable Equipment, New Orleans, USA     1965 // 7.1992 stricken 2014

 

Displacement standard, t

96

Displacement full, t

120

Length, m

32.0

Breadth, m

7.60

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

550(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Raytheon 2600 radar

Complement

11

Project history: Former offshore crew boat, acquired in 1967 and operated by the US Naval Underwater Systems Center in Bermuda.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Naos 2002

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