Carabobo 1975
Falcon 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Carabobo (ex-Beatty) | D41, 1977- D21 | Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA | 7/1944 | 30.11.1944 | 31.3.1945 // 14.7.1972 | stricken 1979 | |
| Falcon (ex-Robert K. Huntington) | D51, 1977- D22 | Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA | 2/1944 | 5.12.1944 | 3.3.1945 // 31.10.1973 | stricken 1981 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2345 |
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Displacement full, t |
3320 |
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Length, m |
112.5 wl 114.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
4.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
34 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 497 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4600(15) |
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Armament |
D41: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 6 DCT, 2 DCR D51: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, helicopter deck |
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Electronic equipment |
D41: SPS-10, SPS-6, Mk 25 radars, SQS-4 sonar D51: SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-29 sonar with towed array |
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Complement |
274 |
Project history: Former USN Allen M. Sumner class destroyers. Falcon received FRAM II modernization before the transfer and can carry one Bell 475 helicopter.
Modernizations: 1978, Carabobo: + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3
Naval service: No significant events.
Falcon 1978
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