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Tuesday 2 February 2016

Brazil building destroyers of American design according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 2

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau dated 1 November 1937 reporting that the Brazilian navy was building 3-1.500 ton destroyers of the American Mahan-class to be named Greenhalgh (1), Marcilio Dias (2) and Mariz e Baros.(3) at the navy yard on the small island Cobras off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The needed turbines and auxiliary machinery and major part of building materials were bought in the USA.

Notes
1. Launched on 6 July 1941, commissioned in November 1943 and decommissioned in 1965.
2. Launched on 20 July 1940, commissioned in November 1943 and decommissioned in 1966.
3. Launched on 28 December 1940, commissioned in November 1943 and decommissioned in 1972.