BRAZILIAN NAVY NORTHEAST NAVAL FORCE * - 12 SUBMARINES TANKERS TENDER TUGS SURVEY SHIPS
6)SURVEY SHIP PARAGUAÇU
Photo. http://www.naval.com.br/ngb/P/P022/P022-f05.jpg
Launched Dec 28 1938
Incorporated May 8 1940
Displacement: 500 tons (650 Tons full loaded)
Length: 135,5 ft
Beam: 32,12 ft
Draught: 4,84 ft
Propulsion: Two Steam boilers delivering 800 hp
Speed: 12 kts
Armament: 1 L/45 120 mm gun, 2 L 40 47mm guns, 2 87 mm mortars, 8 Oerlikon 20mm machineguns in single shaft.
Complement: N/A
On 19/Apr/1943, the survey ship Paraguçu was moved from Mato Grosso to Salvador, at the request of Admiral Lemos Basto, Naval Commander of the East. After undergoing some modifications in Rio de Janeiro (especially in their armament), the same was ready to operate in the Baía de todos os Santos, at Salvador. High-frequency radio direction finding devices crossed the markings with similar equipment in Recife, in order to locate enemy submarines. During war Paraguassu was assigned several patrol duties off Salvador Bahia harbor.
Decommissioned 1971
