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MARCÍLIO DIAS destroyers (1945/1973)


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  Mariz e Barros 1977

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Marcílio Dias (ex-Henry W. Tucker) D25   Consolidated, Orange, USA 29.5.1944 8.11.1944 10.3.1945 // 3.12.1973 stricken 9.1994
Mariz e Barros (ex-Brinkley Bass) D26   Consolidated, Orange, USA 20.12.1944 26.5.1945 1.10.1945 // 3.12.1973 stricken 9.1997


Technical data


Displacement standard, t2425
Displacement full, t

3600

Length, m

116.6 wl 119.2 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.61 hull 6.40 over sonar

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

oil 750

Endurance, nm(kts)4800(15)
Armament

1 х 8 ASROC ASuR (12 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 helicopter (Wasp)

Electronic equipmentSPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites
Complement274


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<i>Marcílio Dias </i>1975
Marcílio Dias 1975


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  <i>Mariz e Barros </i>1977
  Mariz e Barros 1977


Project history

Former Gearing class destroyers of US Navy, received FRAM I modernization. ASROC system was not operational and no missiles were transferred really from USA.

Modernizations

Later years of service ships carried Jet Ranger helicopter instead of Wasp.

Naval service

No significant events.