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18 DE JULIO frigate (1954/1972)

18 de Julio 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
18 de Julio (ex-Dealey) DE3 321 Bath Iron Wks, USA 15.12.1952 8.11.1953 3.6.1954 // 28.7.1972 deleted 1991

 

Displacement standard, t

1450

Displacement full, t

1914

Length, m

93.9 wl 95.9 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

4.04 hull 5.27 over sonar

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Power, h. p.

20000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

oil 360

Endurance, nm(kts) 4400(11)

Armament

2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 DCR

Electronic equipment

SPS-5D, SPS-6E, 2x SPG-34 radars, SQS-29 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite

Complement

173

Project history: Former USN lead-of-class Dealy destroyer escort.

Modernizations: 1980: - SPS-5D radar; + 2x nav. radars

Naval service: No significant events.

18 de Julio 1975

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