Pará-class destroyer (1959)

Pará
Class overview
NamePará class
Builders
Operators Brazilian Navy
Preceded byAcre class
Succeeded byMato Grosso class
Built1941–1945
In commission1959–1990
Planned7
Completed7
Retired7
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
  • 2 × propellers
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement300
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

The Pará-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1990.