The Pará-class destroyers were the first indigeniously designed destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. They served throughout the middle and end of World War II.
- In OTL, the Para-class destroyers were ex-USN Fletcher-class destroyers transferred over to the Brazilian Navy during the Cold War.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1942-1978
- Characteristics:
- Length: 377 feet (114.91 meters)
- Beam: 40 feet (12.2 meters)
- Draft: 18 feet (5.49 meters)
- Displacement: 2,150 tons (Standard); 2,623 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 330 officers and enlisted
- Propulsion: 4 oil-fired boilers; 2 geared steam turbines; 2 screws, 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
- Range: 5,600 nautical miles (10,371 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Type 291 Air Warning RDF
- Type 293 Target Indication RDF
- Type 285 Anti-aircraft Fire Control RDF
- Armament:
- 10 x QF 4.5"/45-caliber Mk.III dual purpose naval guns (5x2)
- 16 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (4x4)
- 12 x Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannons (6x2)
- 8 x 21" torpedo tubes (4x2)
- 6 x K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 x depth charge racks
Unit Run[]
- NRB Pará (D-27)
- NRB Maranhao (D-28)
- NRB Paraná (D-29)
- NRB Pernambuco (D-30)
- NRB Piaui (D-31)
- NRB Santa Catarina (D-32)
- NRB Paraiba (D-33)