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  Espírito Santo 1978

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Mato Grosso (ex-Compton)	D34		Federal, Kearny, USA	28.3.1944	17.9.1944	4.11.1944 // 27.9.1972	stricken 7.1990
Sergipe (ex-James C. Owens)	D35		Bethlehem, San Pedro, USA	9.4.1944	1.10.1944	17.2.1945 // 16.7.1973	stricken 10.1995
Alagoas (ex-Buck)	D36		Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA	1.2.1944	11.3.1945	28.6.1946 // 16.7.1973	stricken 6.1995
Rio Grande do Norte (ex-Strong)	D37		Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA	25.7.1943	23.4.1944	8.3.1945 // 29.10.1973	stricken 2.1996
Espírito Santo (ex-Lowry)	D38		Bethlehem, San Pedro, USA	1.8.1943	6.2.1944	23.7.1944 // 29.10.1973	stricken 2.1996

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2200
Displacement full, t	3320
Length, m	112.5 wl 114.8 oa
Breadth, m	12.5
Draught, m	4.32 full load 5.80 max
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 460
Endurance, nm(kts)	3300 (20)
Armament	D34: 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM (12 Sea Cat), 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 x 24 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL D35-38: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 x 24 Hedgehog ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp)
Electronic equipment	D34: SPS-10, SPS-6, Mk 25 radars, SQS-31 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite D35: SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-44, SQA-10 sonars, WLR-1 ECM suite D36, 37: SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-44 sonar, WLR-3 ECM suite D38: SPS-10, SPS-29, Mk 25 radars, SQS-44 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites
Complement	275

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Project history

Former Allen M. Sumner class destroyers of US Navy, first was transferred non-modernized, other four received FRAM II modernization. Mato Grosso received Sea Cat SAM with M20 optical director from stricken destroyer Mariz e Barros.

Modernizations

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

Naval service

Sergipe collided with a merchant vessel in November 1984 and was out of service for 8 months.