Pará-class destroyer (1959)

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Pará-class destroyer (1959) - Wikipedia

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Class overview
Pará
Name	Pará class
Builders	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Boston Navy Yard Bethlehem Steel Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Operators	Brazilian Navy
Preceded by	Acre class
Succeeded by	Mato Grosso class
Built	1941–1945
In commission	1959–1990
Planned	7
Completed	7
Retired	7
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW) 2 × propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air-search radar AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar Mark 25 fire-control system
Armament	D27-29 and D31-33: 4 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 2 × dual 3"/50 cal guns (D28-29 and 31-32) 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns (D28-29 and 31-32) 3 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns (D27) 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm guns (D28-29 and 31-32) 1 × quin Mark 15 torpedo tubes (D27-29 and 31-32) 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes (D31-33) 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 1 × Depth charge tracks D30: 4 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns 3 × twin 3"/50 cal guns 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm guns 1 × quin Mark 15 torpedo tubes 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 1 × Depth charge tracks

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]

Development

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

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	Boston Navy Yard	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

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

Fletcher-class destroyers

Completed

Fletcher
Radford
Jenkins
La Vallette
Nicholas
O'Bannon
Chevalier
Saufley
Waller
Strong
Taylor
De Haven
Bache
Beale
Guest
Bennett
Fullam
Hudson
Hutchins
Pringle
Stanly
Stevens
Halford
Leutze
Philip
Renshaw
Ringgold
Schroeder
Sigsbee
Conway
Cony
Converse
Eaton
Foote
Spence
Terry
Thatcher
Anthony
Wadsworth
Walker
Brownson
Daly
Isherwood
Kimberly
Luce
Abner Read
Ammen
Mullany (ex-Beatty)
Bush
Trathen
Hazelwood
Heermann
Hoel
McCord
Miller
Owen
The Sullivans (ex-Putnam, Sullivan)
Stephen Potter
Tingey
Twining
Yarnall
Boyd
Bradford
Brown
Cowell
Capps
David W. Taylor
Evans
John D. Henley
Franks
Haggard
Hailey
Johnston
Laws
Longshaw
Morrison
Prichett
Robinson
Ross
Rowe
Smalley
Stoddard
Watts
Wren
Aulick
Charles Ausburne
Claxton
Dyson
Harrison
John Rodgers
McKee
Murray
Sproston
Wickes
William D. Porter
Young
Charrette
Conner
Hall
Halligan
Haraden
Newcomb
Bell
Burns
Izard
Paul Hamilton
Twiggs
Howorth
Killen
Hart (ex-Mansfield)
Metcalf
Shields
Wiley
Abbot
Braine
Erben
Hale
Sigourney
Stembel
Albert W. Grant
Caperton
Cogswell
Ingersoll
Knapp
Bearss
John Hood
Van Valkenburgh
Charles J. Badger
Colahan
Dashiell
Bullard
Kidd
Bennion
Heywood L. Edwards
Richard P. Leary
Bryant
Black
Chauncey
Clarence K. Bronson
Cotten
Dortch
Gatling
Healy
Hickox
Hunt
Lewis Hancock
Marshall
McDermut
McGowan
McNair
Melvin
Hopewell
Porterfield
Stockham
Wedderburn
Picking
Halsey Powell
Uhlmann
Remey
Wadleigh
Norman Scott
Mertz
Callaghan
Cassin Young
Irwin
Preston
Benham
Cushing
Monssen
Jarvis
Porter
Colhoun
Gregory
Little
Rooks

Cancelled

Percival
Watson
DD-523 (Unnamed) – DD-525 (Unnamed)
DD-542 (Unnamed)
DD-543 (Unnamed)
DD-548 (Unnamed)
DD-549 (Unnamed)

Other operators
Argentine Navy Brown class	Almirante Brown (ex-Heermann) Espora (ex-Dortch) Rosales (ex-Stembel) Almirante Domecq García (ex-Braine) Almirante Storni (ex-Cowell)
Brazilian Navy Pará class	Pará (ex-Guest) Paraíba (ex-Bennett) Paraná (ex-Cushing) Pernambuco (ex-Hailey) Piauí (ex-Lewis Hancock) Santa Catarina (ex-Irwin) Maranhão (ex-Shields)
Chilean Navy	Blanco Encalada (ex-Wadleigh) Cochrane (ex-Rooks) (Charles J. Badger was purchased by the Chilean Navy for spare parts)
Republic of China Navy Heng Yang class	Kwei Yang (ex-Twining) Chiang Yang (ex-Mullany) An Yang (ex-Kimberly) Kun Yang (ex-Yarnall)
Colombian National Navy	Antioquia (ex-Hale)
German Navy Zerstörer 1 class	Zerstörer 1 (ex-Anthony) Zerstörer 2 (ex-Ringgold) Zerstörer 3 (ex-Wadsworth) Zerstörer 4 (ex-Claxton) Zerstörer 5 (ex-Dyson) Zerstörer 6 (ex-Charles Ausburne)
Hellenic Navy	Aspis (ex-Conner) Kimon (ex-Zerstörer 2) Lonchi (ex-Hall) Navarinon (ex-Brown) Nearchos (ex-Zerstörer 3) Sfendoni (ex-Aulick) Thyella (ex-Bradford) Velos (ex-Charrette) (Claxton and Dyson were purchased by the Hellenic Navy for spare parts)
Marina Militare Fante class	Geniere (ex-Pritchett) Lanciere (ex-Taylor) Fante (ex-Walker)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Ariake class	Ariake (ex-Heywood L. Edwards) Yūgure (ex-Richard P. Leary)
Republic of Korea Navy Chungmu class	Chung Mu (ex-Erben) Seoul (ex-Halsey Powell) Pusan (ex-Hickox)
Mexican Navy	Cuauhtémoc (ex-Harrison) Cuitláhuac (ex-John Rodgers)
Peruvian Navy	Villar (ex-Benham) Almirante Guise (ex-Isherwood) (La Vallette and Terry were purchased by the Peruvian Navy for spare parts)
Spanish Navy	Lepanto (ex-Capps) Almirante Ferrandíz (ex-David W. Taylor) Almirante Valdés (ex-Converse) Alcalá Galiano (ex-Jarvis) Jorge Juan (ex-McGowan)
Turkish Navy	İstanbul (ex-Clarence K. Bronson) İzmir (ex-Van Valkenburgh) İzmit (ex-Cogswell) İskenderun (ex-Boyd) İçel (ex-Preston)

Preceded by: Gleaves class
Followed by: Allen M. Sumner class

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