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NAVY OF VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)

COASTAL FORCES

ANTONIO DIAZ patrol launches (1941-1944/1945)

Antonio Diaz 1945

Names

CS1 Antonio Diaz (ex-C56193), 1957- LC11

CS2 Brión (ex-C56196), 1957- Felipe Santiago Esteves, 1957- LC12 Felipe Santiago Esteves,  1960s- LA12 Torbes

CS3 Briceño Méndez (ex-56195), 1957- LC13

CS4 Arismendi (ex-C56194), 1957- LC1

Builders

Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA: CS1 Antonio Diaz, CS2 Brión, CS3 Briceño Méndez, CS4 Arismendi

Commissioned

1941 - 1944 // 1.1945: CS1 Antonio Diaz, CS2 Brión, CS3 Briceño Méndez, CS4 Arismendi

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1960: LC11, 13, 14

1974: LA12

 

Displacement standard, t

45 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

4.88

Draught, m

1.37

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

20.5

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCR

Electronic equipment many boats: SO radar, sonar

Complement

10

Project history: USCG 83ft type motor launches, transferred to Venezuela from USN in 1944 and arrived Venezuela in January, 1945.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

CS3 Briceño Méndez 1952

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