Pagalo (PG-51) is a patrol vessel operated by the Venezuelan Coast Guard.[1][2] When she was commissioned in 2008 she was the first warship built in Venezuela. The vessel was built in the UCOCAR shipyards in Puerto Cabello to a variant of a design from the Damen Group. Other nations operate similar designs, including the Marine Protector class operated by the United States Coast Guard. According to the think tank Global Security Venezuela's 2606 patrol vessels are armed with six machine guns and a grenade launcher.[3]
.jpg) Pagalo
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| History | |
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 Venezuela | |
| Name | Pagalo |
| Builder | UCOCAR |
| Cost | €4.5 million |
| Identification | Pennant number: PG-51 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 25 tons |
| Length | 26.5 m (86 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 11 |
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President Hugo Chavez officiated at the vessel's commissioning at La Guaira.[4]
References
edit- ^ "El presidente Chávez abandera el primer buque de guerra construido en Venezuela" [President Chavez championed the first warship built in Venezuela]. Soitu (in Spanish). 2008-09-11.
- ^ "Cuba construirá cuatro buques para la Armada" [Cuba will build four ships for the Navy]. Associan Civil Control Ciudadano (in Spanish). Caracas. 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
La Armada venezolana cuenta dos buques construidos con asistencia de Damen. El remolcador de altura "Francisco de Miranda" (RA-11) y el patrullero "Pagalo" (PG-51), modelo Damen Stan Patrol 2605.
- ^ "Venezuela Naval Forces Modernization". Global Security. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
The Stan Patrol 2606 craft will mount three 12.7mm and three 7.62 machine guns and one automatic grenade launcher.
- ^ "Chávez abandera el primer buque patrullero fabricado en Venezuela" [Chavez is leading the first patrol vessel manufactured in Venezuela]. El Economista (in Spanish). Agence France-Presse. 2008-09-11.
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