BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 16 SUBMARINE CHASERS
7)SUB CHASER GURUPA G4
Gurupa seen on one patrol mission. Photo. http://www.naval.com.br/ngb/G/G086/G086-f01.jpg
Built 1942
Incorporated 11/Jun/43
Decommissioned 12 Dec 1951.
Tonnage 295 t / 450 t full loaded.
Length: 52.73 m
Beam: 7.01 m
Draught 3.04 m.
Propulsion: Diesel; 2 Engines 16 Cylinders; General Motors Model 16-258S gearing 2.000 bhp, 2 shafts with 3 blade propellers.
Speed: Max. 20 knots.
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 Gurupa - G 4, ex-USS PC 605, was built at Luders Marine Construction Co., em Stanford, Connecticut. She was launched 19/Nov/42. She was transferred and incorporated to the Brazilian Navy 11/Jun/43 in a ceremony held at Miami Fla.. Her first commander was Lieutenant Captain Hélio Ramos de Azevedo Leite. The acquisition cost of one unit of that class was US$ 1,7 million.
