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MEJILLÓN patrol craft (1942-1944/1962-1963)

Mejillón 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Mejillón (ex-Larchmont, ex-PC487) P01   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 12.1941 28.2.1942 6.1942 // 14.5.1962 stricken 1976-77
Calamar (ex-Paragould, ex-PC566) P02   Brown, Houston, USA 8.1941 21.3.1942 6.1942 // 14.7.1962 stricken 1976-77
Alcatraz (ex-Gilmer, ex-PC565) P03   Brown, Houston, USA 8.1941 27.2.1942 4.1942 // 20.8.1962 stricken 1976-77
Albatros (ex-Lenoir, ex-PC582, ex-PC(C)582, ex-PC582) P04   Albina, Portland, USA 2.1942 15.7.1942 10.1942 // 20.8.1962 stricken 1976-77
Petrel (ex-Minden, ex-PC1176) P05   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 6.1943 28.8.1943 11.1943 // 20.8.1962 stricken 1976-77
Caracol (ex-Kelso, ex-PC1170) P06   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 7.1943 16.10.1943 2.1944 // 29.1.1963 stricken 1976-77
Pulpo (ex-Paragould, ex-PC465) P07   Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 8.1941 27.3.1942 5.1942 // 15.10.1963 stricken 1976-77
Camarón (ex-Rolla, ex-PC483) P08   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 12.1940 25.10.1941 3.1942 // 15.10.1963 stricken 1976-77
Togogo (ex-Cooperstown, ex-PC484) P09   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 4.1941 6.12.1941 4.1942 // 15.10.1963 stricken 1976-77
Gaviota (ex-Dalhart, ex-PC619) P10   Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 4.1942 15.8.1942 9.1942 // 15.10.1963 stricken 1976-77

 

Displacement standard, t

350

Displacement full, t

430

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

3.29 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Fairbank-Morse diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

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

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 DCT (provision for)

Electronic equipment

nav. radar, QHA sonar

Complement 59 - 65

Project history: Former USN PC461 class submarine chasers.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

Albatros 1972

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