The Macaé-class destroyers were a trio of rather large destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1944-1982
- Characteristics:
- Length: 395 feet (120.4 meters)
- Beam: 50 feet (15.24 meters)
- Draft: 16 feet (4.88 meters)
- Displacement: 3,620 tons (Standard); 4,800 tons
- Crew: 350
- Propulsion: 2 shafts; General Electric steam turbines; 4 boilers; 60,000 shp
- Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Speed: 36.8 knots (68.15 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Type 281 Air Search RDF
- Type 277 Height Finder RDF
- Type 271 Surface Search RDF
- Type 275 Fire Control RDF
- Type 144 ASDIC
- Armament:
- 4 x QF 4.5"/45-caliber Mk.IV dual purpose naval guns (2x2)
- 24 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (6x4)
- 2 x Squid anti-submarine mortar
- 8 x 21" torpedo tubes
Unit Run[]
- NRB Macaé (D-24)
- NRB Maracanã (D-25)
- NRB Macau (D-26)