Marcílio Dias-class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Marcílio Dias class |
| Builders | Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro |
| Operators | Brazilian Navy |
| Preceded by |
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| Succeeded by | Acre class |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics as designed | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 10.61 m (34 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.04 m (10 ft 0 in) mean |
| Installed power | 4 × Babcock & Wilcox Express boilers, 42,800 shp (31,916 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft General Electric Company geared turbines |
| Speed | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,038 km; 7,480 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Endurance | 559 t (550 long tons) fuel oil |
| Complement | 190 |
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The Marcílio Dias-class destroyers (sometimes referred to as M class) were three destroyers of the Brazilian Navy that served during World War II. They were based on the United States Navy's Mahan class. They entered service in 1943 and served on Atlantic convoy duty with the Allies. In July 1944, the three destroyers escorted the Brazilian Expeditionary Force to Italy. Following the end of the war, the destroyers remained in service, undergoing modernisation. Two were discarded in 1966, with the last taken out of service in 1973.