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LR101 motor patrol launches (1945)


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LR102 1948

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
LR101, 1957- Capitán Alsina 1957- GC105   USA   1944 1945 stricken 1996
LR102     USA   1944 1945 lost 1956
LR103, 1957- Capitán Maduro 1957- GC106   USA   1944 1945 discarded 1968


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

100
Displacement full, t

 
Length, m

28.0 pp 31.9 oa
Breadth, m

5.87
Draught, m

1.68
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 Packard petrol engines
Power, h. p.

1000
Max speed, kts

17
Fuel, t

petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)

 
Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Complement

20


Graphics


<i>LR102 </i>1948
LR102 1948
<i>Capitan Alsina </i>1970s
Capitan Alsina 1970s


Project history

Large patrol craft, wooden hull. Former USN SAR craft.

Modernizations

1977, Capitan Alsina: petrol engines were replaced by 2 General Motors diesels (1000hp, 17kts).

Naval service

LR102 was lost in 1956. Survivors in 1957 were transferred to coast guard.