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PRESIDENTE TRONCOSO frigates (1944/1947)


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Gregorio Luperón 1972

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Presidente Troncoso (ex-Knoxville), 1962- Gregorio Luperón F103, 1968- F452   Leatham D. Smith SB, Superior, USA 4/1943 10.7.1943 4.1944 // 9.1947 discarded 1979
Presidente Peynado (ex-Pueblo), 1962- Capitán General Pedro Santana F104, 1968- F453   Kaiser, Richmond, USA 11.1943 20.1.1944 5.1944 // 9.1947 discarded 1979


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1509
Displacement full, t

2238
Length, m

87.0 wl 92.6 oa
Breadth, m

11.4
Draught, m

3.86
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.

5500
Max speed, kts

20
Fuel, t

oil 768
Endurance, nm(kts)9500 (12)
Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/22, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment

SA, SL radars, QGA sonar
Complement

190


Standard scale images


<i>Gregorio Luperón </i>1965
Gregorio Luperón 1965


Graphics


<i>Gregorio Luperón </i>1972
Gregorio Luperón 1972


Project history Former USN Tacoma class frigates without ASW capability. Modernizations

Former USN Tacoma class frigates without ASW capability. Modernizations: None.

Naval service

No significant events.