Pará-class destroyer (1959)

	Pará
Class overview
Name	Pará class
Builders	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation; Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; Boston Navy Yard; Bethlehem Steel; Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard;
Operators	Brazilian Navy
Preceded by	Acre class
Succeeded by	Mato Grosso class
Built	1941–1945
In commission	1959–1990
Planned	7
Completed	7
Retired	7
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 × propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar; Mark 25 fire-control system;
Armament	D27-29 and D31-33:; 4 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns ; 2 × dual 3"/50 cal guns (D28-29 and 31-32); 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns (D28-29 and 31-32); 3 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns (D27); 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm guns (D28-29 and 31-32); 1 × quin Mark 15 torpedo tubes (D27-29 and 31-32); 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes (D31-33); 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 1 × Depth charge tracks; D30:; 4 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns ; 3 × twin 3"/50 cal guns; 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm guns ; 1 × quin Mark 15 torpedo tubes ; 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 1 × Depth charge tracks;

The Pará-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Brazilian Navy. Seven ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1990.

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