Acre-class destroyer

CT Acre - D 10
Class overview
Name	Acre class
Builders	Ilha das Cobas, Rio de Janeiro
Operators	Brazilian Navy
Preceded by	Marcílio Dias class
Succeeded by	Pará class (1959)
In commission	1949—1974
Completed	6
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,340 long tons (1,360 t) standard 1,800 long tons (1,800 t) full load
Length	98.45 m (323 ft 0 in) oa
Beam	10.67 m (35 ft 0 in)
Draught	2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 3 boilers 34,000 hp (25,000 kW)
Speed	35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Complement	150
Armament	4 × 1 5 inch/38 guns 1 × 2 40 mm guns 4 × 1 20 mm guns 2 × 3 (Acre, Ajuricaba) or 2 × 4 (all others) 21 inch torpedo tubes 8 depth charge throwers

The Acre-class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy. None were completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class.

Design

Built in Brazil to a modified British design along with some U.S. equipment, they were built to replace six H-class destroyers (or Jurua class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. Due to design complications, the ships took a long time to complete, having been finished from 1949 to 1951.

The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and gun no. 2 being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four from 1973 to 1974.

Ships

The six ships were:

Ship	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Acre	28 December 1940	30 May 1945	10 December 1951	1974
Ajuricaba	28 December 1940	30 May 1945	December 1951	1964
Amazonas	20 July 1940	29 November 1943	10 November 1949	1973
Apa	28 December 1940	30 May 1945	December 1951	1964
Araguarí	28 December 1940	14 July 1946	23 June 1951	1974
Araguaya	20 July 1940	24 November 1943	3 September 1949	1974

See also

• List of ships of the Second World War
• List of ship classes of the Second World War

References

• Gardiner, Robert and Roger Chesneau. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Whitley M.J. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-85409-521-8