Allende-class frigate
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ARM Almirante Francisco Javier Mina at Cozumel
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Class overview | |
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Name | Allende class |
Builders | |
Operators | Mexican Navy |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Anti-submarine frigate |
Displacement | 4,260 tons (full load) |
Length | 438 ft (134 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |
Draught | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Propulsion | 1 set Westinhouse gearing steam turbines 35,000 shp (26,000 kW). |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) (maximum) |
Range | 4,300 nmi (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h). |
Complement | 288 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 MBB Bo 105 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | One helicopter hangar and helipad |
Notes | Ex-Knox-class US ocean escort frigates. |
The Allende class is the name of anti-submarine frigates used by the Mexican Navy. Allende-class frigates are former United States Navy Template:Sclass-, and they were bought in 1997. They form the Mexican Gulf Fleet of the Mexican Navy. They are used for anti-submarine and offshore patrol duties. This is because weapons are reduced to only one 5-inch (127 mm)/54 caliber Mk 42 DP gun and four fixed ASW torpedo launchers. Electronic combat systems are also reduced and consist only of one gun fire control system. Western Electric SPG-53F and one MK 114 ASW fire control system for ASW torpedoes of 324 mm. All hulls have ASROC Mk 16 octuble launcher system. Allende-class frigates can operate one small on-board helicopter (MBB Bo 105).
Ships
- ARM Allende (F 211) (1997), former USS Stein (FF-1065)
- ARM Abasolo (F 212) (1997), former USS Marvin Shields (FF-1066)
- ARM Victoria (F 213) (2000), former USS Pharris (FF-1094)
- ARM Mina (F 214) (2002), former USS Whipple (FF-1062)
References
- Faulkner, K. (1999) Jane's Warship Recognition Guide. 2nd Edition. London: Harper Collins Publishers.
- Friedman, N. (1997) The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997–1998. US Naval Institute Press.
- Wertheim, E. (2007) Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. 15 edition. US Naval Institute Press.