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MOROCCO
COASTAL FORCES
AGADIR submarine chaser (1942/1960)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أغادير [Agadir] (ex-Goumier, ex-PC545) | Defoe, Bay City, USA | 3.1942 | 8.5.1942 | 6.1942 // 1960 | returned 1964 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 325 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 430 |
| Length, m | 51.8 wl 52.9 oa |
| Breadth, m | 7.06 |
| Draught, m | 2.36 full load |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 General Motors diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 2880 |
| Max speed, kts | 20 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil 49 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000 (12) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
| Electronic equipment | SO radar, QHA sonar |
| Complement | 65 |
Standard scale images
Agadir 1965
Project history
USN PC 173ft submarine chaser, transferred to France in 1944 and became in 1960 the first ship in the new Moroccan Navy.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
