BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 11 DESTROYER ESCORTS
11)DE ESC MARCILIO DIAS D25
DE Marcilio Dias seen at Navy Arsenal at Rio de Janeiro.
Photo. SDGM (Serviço de Documentação Geral da Marinha)
Displacement 1500 tons. 2200 tons (full load.)
Length 108.81m.
Beam 10,61 m.
Draught 3.04m.
Propulsion 2 shaft GE geared turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 42 800 HP.
Speed 36,5 knots.
Complement 190.
Armament 5 x 5 Inch / 38 guns.4 - 20 Inch torpedo tubes.4 Depth Charge Throwers.
Decomissioned 1966.
Destroyer Marcilio Dias was launched 20/7/40 and commissioned November 43. They were built based on Mahan Class Destroyers. Soon after completion in US arsenals, one 5 inch gun and torpedo tube were removed to improve stability when extra A/A guns and radar were fitted.
On February 8 1945, she departed from Rio de Janeiro as part of a Task Group composed of DE Mariz and Barros - M 1 and USS Marblehead - CL 12, as part of an escorting for 5th Squadron of Brazilian Expeditionary Force bound for Italy, embarked on the USS General Meigs
In the picture above, Destroyer Marcilio Dias is seen during launching ceremony at Brazilian Navy Arsenal Rio de Janeiro. Photo. NGB Navios de Guerra Brasileiros
Marcilio Dias seen moored at Brazilian Navy Arsenal Rio de Janeiro.
