Rio Grande do Norte
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Class overview | |
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Name | Mato Grosso class |
Builders | |
Operators | Brazilian Navy |
Preceded by | Pará class |
Succeeded by | Marcílio Dias class |
Built | 1943–1946 |
In commission | 1972–1996 |
Planned | 5 |
Completed | 5 |
Retired | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp |
Aviation facilities | Single hangar and helipad (D35-38) |
The Mato Grosso-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Allen M. Sumner class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1972 until 1996.[1]