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CT Acre - D 10
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Class overview | |
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Name | Acre class |
Builders | Ilha das Cobas, Rio de Janeiro |
Operators | Brazilian Navy |
Preceded by | Marcílio Dias class |
Succeeded by | Pará class |
Built | 1940–1949 |
In commission | 1949–1974 |
Completed | 6 |
Retired | 6 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 98.45 m (323 ft 0 in) oa |
Beam | 10.67 m (35 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 3 boilers 34,000 hp (25,000 kW) |
Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h) |
Complement | 150 |
Armament |
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The Acre-class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy. None were completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class.