Brown-class destroyer
ARA Almirante Brown | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brown class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by | Buenos Aires class |
| Succeeded by | Seguí class |
| Subclasses | Almirante Domecq Garcia class |
| Built | 1942-1943 |
| In commission | 1961-1982 |
| Planned | 5 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 300 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
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The Brown-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Argentine Navy. Five ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1961 until 1982.