Almirante Brown Cass Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance (general for class)
Length:
413'
Engines:
2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM-1C cruise gas turbines
2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM-3B boost gas turbines
Beam:
45' 9"
Combined gas and gas system (COGAG)
Draft:
19'
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
2,900 std. / 3,360 full
SHP:
Cruise turbines 10,200
Boost turbines 25,800
Speed:
30.5 knots
Crew:
224
Range:
4,500 NM @ 18 knots


Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
1
5"/54 (127mm)
OTO-Melara compact
single turret
16,400 yards (9.3 miles) effective
AA ceiling 23,000' @ 83°
18.25 lb. shell
Rate of fire 40 RPM

8
40mm/70 Bofors
OTO-Breda
4 twin turrets
13,675 yards (7.7 miles)
AA ceiling 28,550'
5.4 lb. HE shell
Rate of fire 350-450 RPM

8
MM40 Exocet missiles
2 quad launchers
N/A
24
Aspide SAM missiles
1 octuple launcher
N/A
6
12.7" (324mm) torpedoes
2 triple launchers
N/A
9
Depth Charges
1 rack
N/A
2
Helicopters


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany

Mar. 28, 1981
Mar. 28, 1983
Fate
Active
Homeport: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Argentina
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
La Argentina D-11
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany

Sept. 25, 1981
Aug. 4, 1983
Fate
Active
Homeport: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Argentina
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany

Feb. 17, 1982
Dec. 1983
Fate
Active
Homeport: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Argentina
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany

Mar. 9, 1982
June 21, 1984
Fate
Active
Homeport: Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Argentina




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