Brazilian corvette Jaceguai

	Cv Jaceguai
History
Brazil
Name	Jaceguai
Namesake	Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Launched	8 June 1987
Commissioned	2 April 1991
Decommissioned	18 September 2019
Identification	Pennant number: V-31
Status	Sunk as target, 2021
General characteristics
Class and type	Inhaúma-class corvette
Displacement	1,700 t (1,670 long tons) standard; 2,000 t (1,970 long tons) full load;
Length	95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.4 m (37 ft 5 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODOG; 1 GE LM 2500 gas turbine - 20,500 kW (27,500 hp); 2 MTU 16 V 396 TB 91 diesel engines 5,600 kW (7,500 hp);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar: Plessey AWS-4, Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, Selenia Orion RTN 10X; Sonar: Krupp Atlas ASO4 Mod 2;
Armament	1 × Mk 8 114 mm (4.5 in) gun; 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 Bofors AA guns; 4 × Exocet SSMs ; 6 × Mk 32 324 mm (13 in) anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Super Lynx
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar

Cv Jaceguai (V-31) was the second ship of the Inhaúma-class corvette of the Brazilian Navy.^[1]

Construction and career edit

The ship was built at Naval Arsenal Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro and was launched on 8 June 1987 and commissioned on 2 April 1991.

She was decommissioned on 18 September 2019.^[2]^[3]

During MISSILEX on 24 June 2021, an AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile was launched from an AH-15B helicopter against the former Jaceguai's hull which later sank.^[4]^[5]

^ Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
^ "Mostra de Desarmamento do NDCC 'Garcia D´Avila'". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ Rivas, Santiago (10 September 2019). "Cost concerns force Brazilian Navy to decommission ships". janes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
^ "MISSILEX 2021: Lançamento de míssil antinavio AM39 Exocet por helicóptero AH-15B contra o casco da ex-corveta Jaceguai". Poder Naval - A informação naval comentada e discutida (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ says, Koprowski (2021-01-12). "Aspirantex/2021: NAM 'Atlântico' realiza exercícios de preparação com os Aspirantes". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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History
Cv Jaceguai
Brazil
Name	Jaceguai
Namesake	Artur Silveira da Mota, Baron of Jaceguai
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Launched	8 June 1987
Commissioned	2 April 1991
Decommissioned	18 September 2019
Identification	Pennant number: V-31
Status	Sunk as target, 2021
General characteristics
Class and type	Inhaúma-class corvette
Displacement	1,700 t (1,670 long tons) standard 2,000 t (1,970 long tons) full load
Length	95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.4 m (37 ft 5 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODOG 1 GE LM 2500 gas turbine - 20,500 kW (27,500 hp) 2 MTU 16 V 396 TB 91 diesel engines 5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Plessey AWS-4, Kelvin Hughes Type 1007, Selenia Orion RTN 10X Sonar: Krupp Atlas ASO4 Mod 2
Armament	1 × Mk 8 114 mm (4.5 in) gun 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 Bofors AA guns 4 × Exocet SSMs 6 × Mk 32 324 mm (13 in) anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Super Lynx
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar