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* Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
* Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
* Whitley M.J. Destroyers of World War Two, 1988, Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8
* Whitley M.J. ''Destroyers of World War Two''. London: Cassell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-85409-521-8


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Revision as of 19:40, 26 July 2013

The Acre class destroyers were a class of six destroyers built during World War II for the Brazilian Navy. None was completed before the end of the war. They are also referred to in some sources as the Amazonas class.

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

The ships received a refit in the early 1960s with new electronics and the no. 2 gun being replaced by a 40mm Bofors mounting. Two ships were decommissioned in 1964 and the remaining four in 1973/4.

The ships

The six ships were:

Ship Launched Commissioned Decommissioned
Acre 30 May 1945 Dec 1951 1974
Ajuricaba 30 May 1945 Dec 1951 1964
Amazonas 20 November 1943 Nov 1949 1973
Apa 30 May 1945 Dec 1951 1964
Araguarí 14 July 1946 June 1951 1974
Araguaya 20 November 1943 Sept 1949 1974

References

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
  • Whitley M.J. Destroyers of World War Two. London: Cassell Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-85409-521-8



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