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MALDONADO patrol craft (1943/1944)

Maldonado 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Maldonado (ex-PC1234) B1   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 1942 1943 6.1943 // 5.1944 stricken 11.1970

 

Displacement standard, t

280

Displacement full, t

330

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

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

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

Complement 65

 

Project history: Former USN 173ft-PC class patrol craft. She was built in 1943 and transferred to Uruguay at Miami 1.5.1944 after service under USN flag, arrived to Montevideo 31.7.1944. Maldonado was officially classified as corvette.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Maldonado 1953

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