Pará-class destroyer (1959)

The Pará-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1990.[1]

Pará
Class overview
NamePará class
Builders
Operators Brazilian Navy
Preceded byAcre class
Succeeded byMato Grosso class
Built1941–1945
In commission1959–1990
Planned7
Completed7
Retired7
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
  • 2 × propellers
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement300
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

Development

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Parâ was commissioned as USS Guest on 15 December 1942, Paraíba was commissioned as USS Bennett on 9 February 1943, Paraná was commissioned as USS Cushing on 17 January 1944, Pernambuco was commissioned as USS Hailey on 30 September 1943, Piauí was commissioned as USS Lewis Hancock on 30 September 1943, Santa Catarina was commissioned as USS Irwin on 30 September 1943 and Maranhao was commissioned as USS Shields on 8 February 1945.[2][3]

After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but were later handed over to Brazil based on the Brazil-US Ship Loan Agreement. The ships took part in the Lobster War, in the 1960s, while escorting the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais. All 7 ships were delivered in batches of 2 at a time, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.[1]

Ships in the class

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Pará class
Hull no. Name Builder Laid down Launched Acquired Decommissioned Fate
D27 Pará Boston Navy Yard 27 September 1941 20 February 1942 5 June 1959 1978 Sunk as target, 1983
D28 Paraíba 10 December 1941 16 April 1942 15 December 1959 1978 Scrapped, 1978
D29 Paraná Bethlehem Steel 3 May 1943 30 September 1943 20 July 1961 1 August 1973 Scrapped, 1982
D30 Pernambuco Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation 11 April 1942 9 March 1943 20 July 1961 1982 Sunk as target, 1982
D31 Piauí Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company 31 March 1943 1 August 1943 1 August 1967 1989 Scrapped, 1989
D32 Santa Catarina Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro 2 May 1943 31 October 1943 10 May 1968 28 December 1988 Sunk as target, 1990
D33 Maranhao Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 10 August 1943 25 September 1944 1 July 1972 1990 Scrapped, 1990

References

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  1. ^ a b encyclopedia, david bocquelet-Naval. "Brazilian Navy - Marina do Brazil 1947-1990". naval-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  2. ^ Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 7.
  3. ^ DANFS.

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