Acre-class destroyer

	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
Built	1940–1949
In commission	1949–1974
Completed	6
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,340 long tons (1,360 t) standard; 1,800 long tons (1,829 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;

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.

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