BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE *

8)DE ESC BRACUI D23

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Photo. John Klar www.navsource.org

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Built: 1943.

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Commissioned 15 August 44.

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Decommissioned 11 July 72. Sold for scrapping.

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Tonnage :1329 tons. 1623 tons full loaded.

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Length: 93.2 m

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Beam: 11 m

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Draught: 6.09 m.

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Propulsion: Diesel-Electric 4 General Motors Engines Model 16-278A in tandem, with 6.000 shp, two shafts.

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Speed: 21 knots

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Armament: 3.3 inch (76.2 mm/50) guns three single mountings Mk 22; 2 Bofors guns L/60 , 40 mm doublé mounting Mk 1; 8 Oerlikon Machineguns 20 mm single mounting Mk 4; 1 triple mounting torpedo tube 21 in (533 mm); 1 Thrower A/S (LBG) Mk 10; 2 Depth Charge racks Mk 3 and 8 K gun K Mk 6 for Depth Charges Mk 6 or Mk 9 and 2 Smoke Generators Mk 4.Sensors: 1 air surveillance radar SA; 1 Surface radar SL; 2 Optical directors Mk 51, coupled to the fire direction system Mk 51 and Sonar QCS-1.

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Complement: 216

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On 16 Aug 44 DE 179 Mc Ann was loaned to Brazilian Navy and renamed Bracui D 23.

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Photo SDGM (Serviço de Documentação Geral da Marinha)

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