Acre-class destroyer

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.

CT Acre - D 10
Class overview
Name: Acre class
Builders: Ilha das Cobas, Rio de Janeiro
Operators: Brazilian Navy
Preceded by: Marcílio Dias class
Succeeded by: Pará class (1959)
In commission: 1949—1974
Completed: 6
Retired: 6
General characteristics [1]
Type: Destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,340 long tons (1,360 t) standard
  • 1,800 long tons (1,800 t) full load
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:
  • 4 × 1 5 inch/38 guns
  • 1 × 2 40 mm guns
  • 4 × 1 20 mm guns
  • 2 × 3 (Acre, Ajuricaba) or 2 × 4 (all others) 21 inch torpedo tubes
  • 8 depth charge throwers[2]

Design

Built in Brazil to a modified British design along with some U.S. equipment, they were built to replace six H-class destroyers (or Jurua class) ordered from Britain but purchased by Britain for use in the war. Due to design complications, the ships took a long time to complete, having been finished from 1949 to 1951.

The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and gun no. 2 being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four from 1973 to 1974.

Ships

The six ships were:

Ship Laid down[1] Launched[1] Commissioned[1] Decommissioned
Acre 28 December 1940 30 May 1945 10 December 1951 1974
Ajuricaba 28 December 1940 30 May 1945 December 1951 1964
Amazonas 20 July 1940 29 November 1943 10 November 1949 1973
Apa 28 December 1940 30 May 1945 December 1951 1964
Araguarí 28 December 1940 14 July 1946 23 June 1951 1974
Araguaya 20 July 1940 24 November 1943 3 September 1949 1974

See also
  • List of ships of the Second World War
  • List of ship classes of the Second World War

References
  1. Whitley 2000, p. 22
  2. Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 417.
  • Gardiner, Robert and Roger Chesneau. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  • Whitley M.J. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-85409-521-8


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