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ANTONIO DIAZ patrol boats (1941-1944/1945)


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CS3 Briceño Méndez 1952

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

CS1 Antonio Diaz (ex-C56193), 1957- LC11

CS2 Brión (ex-C56196), 1957- Felipe Santiago Esteves, 1957- LC12 Felipe Santiago Esteves,  1960s- LA12 Torbes

CS3 Briceño Méndez (ex-56195), 1957- LC13

CS4 Arismendi (ex-C56194), 1957- LC1

Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA: CS1 Antonio Diaz, CS2 Brión, CS3 Briceño Méndez, CS4 Arismendi

1941 - 1944 // 1.1945: CS1 Antonio Diaz, CS2 Brión, CS3 Briceño Méndez, CS4 Arismendi

none

none

1960: LC11, 13, 14

1974: LA12


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

45 trials
Displacement full, t

 
Length, m

25.3
Breadth, m

4.88
Draught, m

1.37
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 petrol engines
Power, h. p.

1200
Max speed, kts

20.5
Fuel, t

petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)

 
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCR
Electronic equipmentmany boats: SO radar, sonar
Complement

10


Standard scale images


<i>Antonio Diaz</i> 1945
Antonio Diaz 1945


Graphics


<i> CS3 </i><i>Briceño Méndez</i> 1952
CS3 Briceño Méndez 1952


Project history

USCG 83ft type motor launches, transferred to Venezuela from USN in 1944 and arrived Venezuela in January, 1945.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Briceño Méndez 1952