home

fighting ships of the world

NAVY OF VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)

COASTAL FORCES

PETREL coastal patrol boats (1962-1967/1991-1998)

Petrel 2000

Names

PG31 Petrel (ex-Point Knoll)

PG32 Alcatraz (ex-Point Judith)

PG33 Albatros (ex-Point Ledge, ex-WPB82334)

PG34 Pelícano (ex-Point Franklin)

Builders

Martinac SB, Tacoma, USA: PG31, 32, 34

USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, USA: PG33

Commissioned

1967 // 1991: PG31

1966 // 1991: PG32

1962 // 1998: PG33

1966 // 1998: PG34

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): PG31-34

 

Displacement standard, t

64

Displacement full, t

69

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

5.25

Draught, m

1.95

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Cummins VT12M diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment SPS-64(v)1 radar

Complement

10

Project history: Former USCG Point class cutters.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Alcatraz 1999

© Ivan Gogin, 2019