BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 11 DESTROYER ESCORTS
12)DE ESC MARIZ E BARROS D26
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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 1972
Destroyer Mariz e Barros was launched 20/12/40 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. In the 1960's a Sea Cat missile system was fitted in this ship.
Mariz e Barros seen among other Brazilian Destroyers at Navy Arsenal Foto SDGM via Rogerio Cordeiro
Mariz e Barros seen during one patrol mission. Photo SDGM Brazilian Navy
Destroyer Escorts Mariz & Barros and Marcilio Dias seen at Brazilian Navy Arsenal. Soon they would sail for US Shipyards for anti submarine and armament fittings.
