Artigas 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Uruguay (ex-Baron) | DE1 | Federal, Newark, USA | 11.1942 | 9.5.1943 | 7/1943 // 5.1952 | deleted 1990 | |
| Artigas (ex-Bronstein) | DE2 | Federal, Newark, USA | 8.1943 | 14.11.1943 | 12/1943 // 3.1952 | deleted 1988 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1602 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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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 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
|
Electronic equipment |
SC, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar |
|
Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former USN Cannon class destroyer escorts.
Modernizations: late 1960s, both: - 4 x 1 - 20/70, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, SC, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar; + SPS-5, SPS-6C radars, SQS-4 sonar.
early 1980s, both: - 1 x 1 - 20/70, 8 DCT, 2 DCR, SQS-4 sonar
early 1980s, Uruguay: - SPS-6C radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Uruguay 1980
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