Pará | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Pará class |
Builders | |
Operators | Brazilian Navy |
Preceded by | Acre class |
Succeeded by | Mato Grosso class |
Built | 1941–1945 |
In commission | 1959–1990 |
Planned | 7 |
Completed | 7 |
Retired | 7 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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The Pará-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1990.[1]
Development
Parâ was commissioned as USS Guest on 15 December 1942, Paraíba was commissioned as USS Bennett on 9 February 1943, Paraná was commissioned as USS Cushing on 17 January 1944, Pernambuco was commissioned as USS Hailey on 30 September 1943, Piauí was commissioned as USS Lewis Hancock on 30 September 1943, Santa Catarina was commissioned as USS Irwin on 30 September 1943 and Maranhao was commissioned as USS Shields on 8 February 1945.[2][3]
After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but were later handed over to Brazil based on the Brazil-US Ship Loan Agreement. The ships took part in the Lobster War, in the 1960s, while escorting the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais. All 7 ships were delivered in batches of 2 at a time, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.[1]
Ships in the class
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Hull no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Acquired | Decommissioned | Fate |
D27 | Pará | Boston Navy Yard | 27 September 1941 | 20 February 1942 | 5 June 1959 | 1978 | Sunk as target, 1983 |
D28 | Paraíba | 10 December 1941 | 16 April 1942 | 15 December 1959 | 1978 | Scrapped, 1978 | |
D29 | Paraná | Bethlehem Steel | 3 May 1943 | 30 September 1943 | 20 July 1961 | 1 August 1973 | Scrapped, 1982 |
D30 | Pernambuco | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | 11 April 1942 | 9 March 1943 | 20 July 1961 | 1982 | Sunk as target, 1982 |
D31 | Piauí | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 31 March 1943 | 1 August 1943 | 1 August 1967 | 1989 | Scrapped, 1989 |
D32 | Santa Catarina | Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro | 2 May 1943 | 31 October 1943 | 10 May 1968 | 28 December 1988 | Sunk as target, 1990 |
D33 | Maranhao | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 10 August 1943 | 25 September 1944 | 1 July 1972 | 1990 | Scrapped, 1990 |
References
- 1 2 encyclopedia, david bocquelet-Naval. "Brazilian Navy - Marina do Brazil 1947-1990". naval-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 7.
- ↑ DANFS.
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.