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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

GC9 LUPERÓN motor patrol launches

Names

GC9 Luperón (ex-C56197), 1960s- Las Calderas; GC10 22 de Julio (ex-C56198), 1960s- Bahía Ocoa; GC11 16 de Agosto (ex-C56199), 1960s- Bahía Manzanillo

Builders

Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA

Commissioned

1943 // early 1944: GC9 Luperón, GC10 22 de Julio, GC11 16 de Agosto

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding 1970s: GC9 Las Calderas, GC10 Bahía Ocoa, GC11 Bahía Manzanillo

 

Displacement trials, t

45

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

4.88

Draught, m

1.37

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

20.5

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm (kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCR

Complement

14

Ship project history: Former USN boats, transferred to Dominican Republic in the beginning of 1944.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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