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Serrano 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Serrano (ex-Odum)	26		Consolidated, Orange, USA	10.1943	19.1.1944	1.1945 // 25.11.1966	hulk 6.1984
Orella (ex-Jack C. Robinson)	27		Consolidated, Orange, USA	11.1943	8.1.1944	2.1945 // 25.11.1966	hulk 10.1984
Riquelme (ex-Joseph E. Campbell)	28		Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	3/1943	26.6.1943	9/1943 // 1.12.1966	stricken 3.1982
Uribe (ex-Daniel T. Griffin)	29		Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	9/1942	23.2.1943	6/1943 // 1.12.1966	stricken 7.1995

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1725
Displacement full, t	2114
Length, m	91.4 wl 93.3 oa
Breadth, m	11.3
Draught, m	3.84 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Electric steam turbo-generators, 2 boilers, 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	12000
Max speed, kts	23.6
Fuel, t	oil 347
Endurance, nm(kts)	5500 (15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCR
Military load	4 LCVP, 162 marines, deck cargo
Electronic equipment	SPS-4 radar, QGA sonar
Complement	203

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Project history

Constructed as destroyer escorts, these units were converted to high speed transports while in US service. Chile employed these ships as escorts. These four were transferred instead of three Fletcher class units.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Riquelme was used for spare parts and was not commissioned.