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Comandante General Zapiola 1973

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Comandante General Zapiola (ex-Arapaho)	1965- A2		Charleston SB, USA	8.11.1941	22.6.1942	20.1.1943 // 10.7.1961	wrecked 10.1.1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1217
Displacement full, t	1731
Length, m	59.4 pp 62.5 oa
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	5.18
No of shafts	1
Machinery	4 General Electric 12-278 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	16.2
Fuel, t	diesel oil 315
Endurance, nm(kts)	15000(8)
Armament	2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	71

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Project history

Former USN Navajo class tug, used as patrol.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Comandante General Zapiola ran aground 10.1.1976 on an Antarctic reef and was declared a total loss.