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PERUVIAN NAVY (PERU)

ESCORTS

AGUIRRE frigates (1943/1951)

Aguirre 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Castilla (ex-Bangust) D1, 1959- DE1, 1960- 61   Western Pipe & Steel, San Pedro, USA 2.1943 6.6.1943 10/1943 // 26.10.1951 discarded 1979
Aguirre (ex-Waterman) D2, 1959- DE2, 1960- 62   Western Pipe & Steel, San Pedro, USA 2.1943 20.6.1943 11/1943 // 26.10.1951 sunk as target 1974
Rodríguez (ex-Weaver) D3, 1959- DE3, 1960- 63   Western Pipe & Steel, San Pedro, USA 3.1943 4.7.1943 12/1943 // 26.10.1951 discarded 1979

 

Displacement standard, t

1253

Displacement full, t

1602

Length, m

91.4 wl 93.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.20 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 320

Endurance, nm(kts) 11500 (11)

Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120)

Electronic equipment

SPS-6, SPS-10 radars, QGA sonar

Complement

172

Project history: Former USN 'DET' (Bostwick) class destroyer escorts. They were transferred to Peru 26.10.1951 under MDAP but arrived in Peru 24.5.1952 after rearming.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Castilla 1970

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