ARV Mariscal Sucre (F-21)

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ARV Mariscal Sucre on 12 July 1987
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Flag of Venezuela (state).svgVenezuela
NameMariscal Sucre
Namesake Mariscal Sucre
Ordered1975
Builder Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Riva Trigoso
Laid down19 November 1976
Launched28 September 1978
Commissioned10 May 1980
Homeport Puerto Cabello
Identification Pennant number: F-21
Motto
  • Soberanía y libertad
  • (Sovereignty and freedom)
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Mariscal Sucre-class frigate
Displacement2.506  t (2.466 long tons) full load
Length113.2 m (371 ft) LOA
Beam11.3 m (37 ft)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 35 kn (65 km/h) with gas turbines
  • 21 kn (39 km/h) with diesels
Range4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement185 (20 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • - Selenia SADOC 2 combat management system
  • - 1 x Selenia SPS-774 (RAN-10S) early warning radar
  • - 1 x Selenia SPQ-2F CORA OTH surface search radar
  • - 1 x Selenia SPS-702 (or RAN-11L/X) air/surface search radar
  • - 1 x Selenia SPG-70 (RTN-10X) fire control radar
  • - 1 x Raytheon Mk 95 fire control radar
  • - 2 x Selenia SPG-74 (RTN-20X) fire control radar
  • - 1 x GEM Elettronica AN/SPN-748 navigation radar
  • - Raytheon DE 1160B (SQS-56) hull sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 AB-212ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities
  • Flight deck: 25.2 m × 11.3 m (83 ft × 37 ft)
  • Telescopic hangar for 1 medium helicopter.

ARV Mariscal Sucre (F-21) is the lead ship of the Mariscal Sucre-class frigate of the Venezuelan Navy.

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Development and design

Venezuela ordered six Lupo-class frigates from CNR in 1975 as a replacement for older warships. These units were commissioned between 1980 and 1982. In general terms, their appearance and equipment is similar to those built for Peru, except for some differences in electronics and missiles. The first two ships, ARV Mariscal Sucre (F-21) and ARV Almirante Brión (F-22) were upgraded by Ingalls Shipbuilding over a four years period (1998–2002). The other ships in Venezuelan service were expected to undergo an austere version of this upgrade, but three ships were eventually taken out of service.

Construction and career

Mariscal Sucre was laid down on 19 November 1976 and launched on 28 September 1978 by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico at Riva Trigoso. She was commissioned on 10 May 1980.

Over the years she has participated in multiple important naval exercises and has been the flagship of the multinational UNITAS exercise.

In 1987, together with other units of the Venezuelan navy, she participated in the confrontation with Colombia which almost resulted in an armed conflict, known in Colombia as the ARC Caldas corvette crisis, in which a dispute relating to the territorial waters of the Gulf of Maracaibo naval forces in the area, and a significant deployment of military means at the border of the two countries. [1]

Between 1998 and 2002, together with her sister ARV Almirante Brión, she underwent modernization works at the Ingalls Shipbuilding plants in Pascagoula in Mississippi. [2] The changes involved the total overhaul of the hull, the replacement of the diesel propulsion engines, the modernization of the gas turbines, the replacement of the powertrain control system, the replacement of the generators, a new navigation radar, new sonar. to hull, new electronic systems that have modernized the command and control system, significantly improving the level of automation and allowing the crew to be reduced from 185 to 131 men. The unit was equipped with MTU 20V 1163 diesel engines, the new Elta EL / M-2238 Star 3D surveillance and air search radar, the ESM / ECM Elisra NS 9003/9005 system and of the Elbit ENTCS 2000 system for shooting control. The SCLAR launchers have been replaced by 130mm Mk 137 launchers, as well as the sonar which in the new configuration is the Northrop Grumman SQS-53C hull mounted. The ships are equipped with the Sperry marine MK 39 navigation system and the SHINCOM 2100 integrated communication system from DRS Technologies.

Venezuela never paid the full bill for this repair, leading to more than 20 years of litigation in the US and in international arbitration [3] starting in 2002. As of 2023, the successor to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems continued to seek satisfaction of a claim of USD 137,977,646.43 plus interest by taking part in a court-ordered asset sale of the US possessions of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.

With the change of name of the Venezuelan naval force, the unit prefix changed from ARV (Armada de la República de Venezuela) to AB (Armada Bolivariana). [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Las Fragatas Clase ¨LUPO¨ - Venezuela Defensa". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Northrop Grumman v. Ministry of Defense".
  4. ↑ "Unidades del Escuadrón de Fragatas". archive.is. 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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