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Pernambuco 2001

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Pará (ex-Albert David)	D27		Lockheed, Seattle, USA	29.4.1964	19.12.1964	19.10.1968 // 18.9.1989	retired 11.2008
Paraíba (ex-Davidson)	D28		Avondale, Westwego, USA	30.9.1963	2.10.1964	7.12.1965 // 25.7.1989	stricken 7.2002
Paraná (ex-Sample)	D29		Puget Sound Bridge (Lockheed), Seattle, USA	19.7.1963	28.4.1964	23.3.1968 // 24.8.1989	stricken 7.2002
Pernmabuco (ex-Bradley)	D30		Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA	17.1.1963	26.3.1964	15.5.1965 // 25.9.1989	stricken 3.2004

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2441
Displacement full, t	3371
Length, m	118.9 wl 126.2 oa
Breadth, m	13.4
Draught, m	7.30
No of shafts	1
Machinery	D27, 29: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers D28, 30: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers
Power, h. p.	35000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(20)
Armament	D27, 29: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk 116 ASuR (16 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), helicopter deck D28, 30: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk 116 ASuR (8 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 helicopter (SH-11 Lynx)
Electronic equipment	D27, 29: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26AXR sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy D28, 30: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26BX sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x Mk 33 RBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Complement	286

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Project history

Former USN Garcia class frigates. Pará and Paraná had their SQR-15 towed  array sonar removed prior the transfer but retained small DASH hangars that can not accommodate Lynx helicopter.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.