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RIO NEGRO large patrol craft (1954/1969)

Rio Negro 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Rio Negro (ex-Marguerite) MS32, 1976- 13   National Steel, San Diego, USA 1952 1953 9.1954 // 11.1969 deleted 1990

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Packard diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil 40

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24

Electronic equipment

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar

Complement

39

Project history: Former French Adjutant class coastal minesweeper. Minesweeping gear was removed before transfer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Rio Negro 1975

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