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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SÃO JORGE minesweepers (1955)

São Jorge 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
São Jorge M415   Bellingham SY, USA 8/1953 30.4.1954 4/1955 discarded 1974
Pico M416   Bellingham SY, USA 10/1953 22.6.1954 6/1955 discarded 1973
Graciosa M417   Burger Boat, Manitowoc, USA 5/1953 19.11.1953 7/1955 discarded 1974
Corvo M418   Burger Boat, Manitowoc, USA 8/1953 1.4.1954 10/1955 discarded 1974

 

Displacement standard, t

637

Displacement full, t

735

Length, m

50.3 wl 52.3 oa

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

1520

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2400(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, A Mk 2, A Mk 4, A Mk 6 acoustic, M Mk 5, M Mk 6, M Mk 7 magnetic, Oropesa No.1 mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

70

Project history: USN Agile class, built under MDAP.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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