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BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 16 SUBMARINE CHASERS

2)SUB CHASER GRAJAU G7



Photo SDGM Brazilian Navy via Jose Henrique Mendes.


Built 1943


Incorporated 15 Nov 1943


Decommissioned 21 Dec1959.


Tonnage 295 t. / 450 t. full loaded


Length: 52.73 m


Beam: 7.01 m


Draught 3.04 m.


Speed: max. 20 knots.


Propulsion: Diesel; 2 Engines 16 Cylinders; General Motors Model 16-258S gearing 2.000 bhp, 2 shafts with 3 blade propellers.


Range: 3.000 Nautical miles @12 knots.


Armament: 1 3 pol. (76.2 mm/50) Oerlikon gun; 1 Bofors L/60 gun, 40 mm in one single mounting Mk 3; 2 machineguns Oerlikon 20 mm single mountings Mk 4; 2 grenade octuples throwers of A/S (LBG) 7.2 pol. Mousetrap Mk 20 at the bow ; 2 Depth Charges rack Mk 3 and 2 side throwers type K Mk 6 for Depth Charges Mk 6 or Mk 9.


Sensors: 1 surveillance surface radar type SF or SL; 1 hull sonar.


Complement: 65


Sub Chaser Grajau - G 7, ex-USS PC 1236, was built at Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Co., Brooklyn, New York. She was launched 31/Aug/43 and incorporated to the Brazilian Navy on November that same year. She was transferred and incorporated to the Brazilian Navy 15/Nov/1943 in a ceremony in Miami, Florida. Her first commander was Lieutenant Captain Antônio Augusto Cardoso de Gastão.


 

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