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COMANDANTE GENERAL ZAPIOLA patrol ship (1943/1961)


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Comandante General Zapiola 1973

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Comandante General Zapiola (ex-Arapaho) 1965- A2   Charleston SB, USA 8.11.1941 22.6.1942 20.1.1943 // 10.7.1961 wrecked 10.1.1976


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1217

Displacement full, t

1731

Length, m

59.4 pp 62.5 oa

Breadth, m

11.7

Draught, m

5.18

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 General Electric 12-278 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

16.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 315

Endurance, nm(kts)15000(8)
Armament

2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

71



Standard scale images


<i>Comandante General Zapiola </i>1970
Comandante General Zapiola 1970


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<i>Comandante General Zapiola </i>1973
Comandante General Zapiola 1973


Project history

Former USN Navajo class tug, used as patrol.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Comandante General Zapiola ran aground 10.1.1976 on an Antarctic reef and was declared a total loss.