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     LM-31 Chipana     

Photo byRichard Brito
Country: Chile Chile
Class, [Type]: Sa’ar IV, [PTG].
Builder: Haifa.
Commission date: 30 December 1980.

Displacement ( tons ): 415, 450 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 58,1 x 7,6 x 2,4
Main machinery: 4 x MTU 16V396 TB82 diesels ( 13.000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Range ( miles ): 1.500 at 30 knots, 3.000 at 20 knots, 5.000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 52 ( 8 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 76mm/62 OTOBreda, 2 x 20mm/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 12.7mm M2.
Missiles:  SSM: 4 x Gabriel-II.

Radar: Search: 1 x Thales THD 1040 Neptune; Fire Control: 1 x Elta M-2221 (Orion RTN-10X).
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x ACDS decoy launchers; ECM/ESM: Elta MN-53 ( intercept ), Elta Rattler ( jammer ), Elta EA-2118 ( comms intercept ).

Comment: ex - Keshet ( Israel ). Launched in 1973.
Homeport: Punta Arenas.
Unit: Missile Boat South Command.

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