:Pará-class destroyer (1959)
{{short description|Class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy}}
{{other ships|Pará-class destroyer (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox ship begin
| infobox caption = | italic title = }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:CT Para D27 Classe Fletcher.jpg | Ship caption = Pará }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Pará class | Builders = *Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
| Operators = {{naval|Brazil}} | Class before = {{sclass|Acre|destroyer|4}} | Class after = {{sclass|Mato Grosso|destroyer|4}} | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 1941–1945 | In service range = | In commission range = 1959–1990 | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 7 | Total ships completed = 7 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 7 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship type = Destroyer | Ship displacement = {{convert|2050|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|376|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|39|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|13|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *{{convert|60000|shp|lk=on|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|6500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} | Ship complement = 300 | Ship sensors = *AN/SPS-6 air-search radar | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *D27-29 and D31-33:
| Ship armor = | Ship notes = }} |
The Pará-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|4}} were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1990.{{Cite web|last=encyclopedia|first=david bocquelet-Naval|title=Brazilian Navy - Marina do Brazil 1947-1990|url=https://naval-encyclopedia.com/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=naval-encyclopedia.com|language=en}}
Development
Parâ was commissioned as {{USS|Guest|DD-472|6}} on 15 December 1942, Paraíba was commissioned as {{USS|Bennett||6}} on 9 February 1943, Paraná was commissioned as {{USS|Cushing|DD-797|6}} on 17 January 1944, Pernambuco was commissioned as {{USS|Hailey||6}} on 30 September 1943, Piauí was commissioned as {{USS|Lewis Hancock||6}} on 30 September 1943, Santa Catarina was commissioned as {{USS|Irwin||6}} on 30 September 1943 and Maranhao was commissioned as {{USS|Shields||6}} on 8 February 1945.{{sfn|Gardiner|Chumbley|Budzbon|1995|p=7}}{{sfn|DANFS}}
After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but were later handed over to Brazil based on the Brazil-US Ship Loan Agreement. The ships took part in the Lobster War, in the 1960s, while escorting the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais. All 7 ships were delivered in batches of 2 at a time, thus the ships having different armaments and configurations.
Ships in the class
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colspan="7" |Pará class
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{{nowrap|Hull no.}}
!Name !Builder !Laid down !Launched !Acquired !Decommissioned !Fate |
D27
| Pará | rowspan="2" align="center" |Boston Navy Yard |27 September 1941 |20 February 1942 |5 June 1959 |1978 |Sunk as target, 1983 |
D28
|10 December 1941 |16 April 1942 |15 December 1959 |1978 |Scrapped, 1978 |
D29
| align="center" |Bethlehem Steel |3 May 1943 |30 September 1943 |20 July 1961 |1 August 1973 |Scrapped, 1982 |
D30
| align="center" |Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |11 April 1942 |9 March 1943 |20 July 1961 |1982 |Sunk as target, 1982 |
D31
| align="center" |Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |31 March 1943 |1 August 1943 |1 August 1967 |1989 |Scrapped, 1989 |
D32
| align="center" |Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro |2 May 1943 |31 October 1943 |10 May 1968 |28 December 1988 |Sunk as target, 1990 |
D33
| align="center" |Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |10 August 1943 |25 September 1944 |1 July 1972 |1990 |Scrapped, 1990 |
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34267261|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|date=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|first1=Robert|last1= Gardiner |first2=Stephen |last2= Chumbley |first3=Przemysław |last3= Budzbon|isbn=1-55750-132-7|location=Annapolis, Md.|oclc=34267261}}
- {{cite DANFS
| title = Shields (DD-596)
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/shields.html
| date = 4 April 2015
| access-date = 26 January 2025
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS}}
}}{{PD-notice}}
{{Fletcher class destroyer}}
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