Mato Grosso-class destroyer
.jpg) Rio Grande do Norte
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mato Grosso class |
| Builders | |
| Operators |  Brazilian Navy |
| Preceded by | Pará class |
| Succeeded by | Marcílio Dias class |
| Built | 1943–1946 |
| In commission | 1972–1996 |
| Planned | 5 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp |
| Aviation facilities | Single hangar and helipad (D35-38) |
The Mato Grosso-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Allen M. Sumner class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1972 until 1996.[1]
Development
Mato Grosso was commissioned as USS Compton on 4 November 1944, Sergipe was commissioned as USS James C. Owens on 17 February 1945, Alagoas was commissioned as USS Buck on 28 June 1946, Rio Grande do Norte was commissioned as USS Strong on 8 March 1945 and Espírito Santo was commissioned as USS Lowry on 8 March 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. Only the lead ship had not undergone FRAM, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.[1]
Ships in the class
| Mato Grosso class | |||||||
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| Hull no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Acquired | Decommissioned | Fate |
| D34 | Mato Grosso | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 28 March 1944 | 17 September 1944 | 27 September 1972 | July 1990 | Scrapped |
| D35 | Sergipe | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | 9 April 1944 | 1 October 1944 | 15 July 1973 | 17 October 1995 | Scrapped |
| D36 | Alagoas | Bethlehem Steel | 1 February 1944 | 11 March 1945 | 16 July 1973 | 30 June 1995 | Scrapped |
| D37 | Rio Grande do Norte | 25 July 1943 | 23 April 1944 | 31 October 1973 | 1995 | Sunk in 1997 | |
| D38 | Espírito Santo | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation | 1 August 1943 | 6 February 1944 | 31 October 1973 | 1996 | Scrapped, 1996 |
References
- ^ a b encyclopedia, david bocquelet-Naval. "Brazilian Navy - Marina do Brazil 1947-1990". naval-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995.
- ^ DANFS.
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
