Almirante Clemente-class destroyer

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Venezuelan frigate Genereal Jose Trinidad Moran (F-12).JPEG
Venezuelan frigate General Moran (F-12)
Class overview
NameAlmirante Clemente class
Builders Ansaldo Stabilimento Luigi Orlando, Livorno
Operators
Preceded by Captain class
Completed9
Retired9
Preserved1
General characteristics
Type Destroyer escort
Displacement
  • Standard: 1,300 tons
  • Full load: 1,500 tons
Length99.1 m (325 ft)
Beam10.8 m (35 ft)
Draught3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion2 Foster Wheeler boilers 650 psi (4.5 MPa), 850 °F (454 °C)), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 24,000 horsepower (18 MW)
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement162
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-6 air search radar
  • AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
  • AN/SPG-34 fire control radar
  • AN/SQS-4 sonar
Armament

The Almirante Clemente class of destroyer escorts is a class of warships built for several countries. The class was designed by Ansaldo for the Venezuelan Naval Forces, currently Venezuelan Navy, in the 1950s to complement its Nueva Esparta-class destroyer.

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The Venezuelan Navy has 6 ships originally ordered, with Indonesia had two ships and Portugal had one ship of this design. In the Portuguese Navy, these ships are referred as patrol boats. In the 1950s Venezuelan Navy, the ships were classified as DLV (Destroyer Light Vessel) or light destroyers, in the 1980s were reclassified as ASW frigate, and are currently classified as coast guard vessels.

Technical specifications

These ships include among their specs these characteristics:

The usage of the fin stabilizer is a weapons systems support device to stabilize the ship making it a more steady gun platform in rough seas. This can be tracked to HMS Bittern, the most of the Hunt-class destroyers after refit have it, but the very first Battle-class destroyers HMS Finisterre and HMS Camperdown have it, even ships as HMS Amethyst have it, but do not use form higher consumption of power, according to several conversations lines in the Maritime History forum MARHST in the US navy ships as USS Gyatt (DD-712) have it.

Venezuelan Navy

Ships

Almirante Clemente (F-11) and General Moran (F-12) during UNITAS XX DN-SN-82-09531.jpg
Almirante Clemente (F-11) and General Moran (F-12) during UNITAS XX

The construction contracts for these destroyers were awarded on 25 January 1954, and their names were an homage to Venezuelan war of independence heroes who lie at Panteón Nacional:

Fleet Arrangement

Indonesian Navy

An Indonesian Almirante Clemente class in late 1950s Unidentified Swadeskorta patrol boat, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p99.jpg
An Indonesian Almirante Clemente class in late 1950s

Two destroyer escorts of similar design was built for Indonesian Navy by Ansaldo. Both were completed in May 1958. [4] They were never modernized and was stricken in 1978. [5] In comparison with its Venezuelan sisters, the Indonesian ships had lighter anti-aircraft armaments which consisted of three 20 mm in twin mounts. [4] They were named after National Hero of Indonesia:

Ships in class

Venezuelan Navy

NameHull No.Shipyard IDLaid downLaunchedCommissionedAA & ASW RefitWeapons RefitCoast GuardMajor maint.StatusDecommissionedLife Cycle
Almirante ClementeD1214915 May 195412 December 19544 April 1956N/A1968/751984/851986Dismantled2011>51,22
General FloresD1314935 May 195412 December 19541956N/A1968/75N/AN/ASunk197822
General MoranD2214925 May 195412 December 195410 January 1957N/A1968/751984/851986Dismantled2009>51,12
Almirante BriónD23149612 December 19544 September 195519571962N/AN/AN/ASunk197822
General AustriaD32149712 December 19544 September 195619571962N/AN/AN/ASunk197620
Almirante GarcíaD33149812 December 195412 October 195619571962N/AN/AN/ASunk197721

Indonesian Navy

NamePennant No.Laid downLaunchedCompletedDecommissioned
Imam Bondjol250 / 3558 January 19565 May 195619 May 19581978
Surapati251 / 3568 January 19565 May 195628 May 19581978

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Citations

  1. ↑ "Anti-rolling stabilizers". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  2. ↑ "Stabilisers And Stabilising Systems On Ships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  3. ↑ General Moran listed as GC-12 and superstructure has been removed.
  4. 1 2 3 Moore 1975, p. 168
  5. 1 2 3 Conway 1995, p. 178

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