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PEDRO DE HEREDIA patrol vessels (1943-1944/1961-1979)


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Pedro de Heredia 1982

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pedro de Heredia (ex-Choctaw) RM72   Charleston SB and DD, USA 4.1942 18.10.1942 4.1943 // 1961 stricken 2004
Sebastián de Belalcázar (ex-Carib) RM73   Charleston SB and DD, USA 9.1942 7.2.1943 7.1943 // 3.1979 stricken 2004
Rodrigo de Bastidas (ex-Hidatsa) RM74   Charleston SB and DD, USA 1943 29.12.1943 4/1944 // 3.1979 stricken 1999
Bahía Solano (ex-Jicarilla) RM76   Charleston SB and DD, USA 8.1943 25.2.1944 6.1944 // 3.1979 deleted 1987


Technical data


Displacement standard, t1240
Displacement full, t

1640

Length, m

62.5

Breadth, m

11.7

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts1
Machinery

RM72, 73: 4 General Motors 12-278 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

RM74, 76: 4 Busch-Sulzer B5-539 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22

Electronic equipmentradar
Complement75


Standard scale images


<i>Rodrigo de Bastidas </i>1980
Rodrigo de Bastidas 1980


Graphics


<i>Pedro de Heredia </i>1982
Pedro de Heredia 1982


Project history

Former USN Cherokee class ocean tugs, used as patrol and rescue ships.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.